Where Is Austin Tice?: 1. "We Believe He’s Alive"

Josh Baker investigates one of the biggest missing-person cases of our time. American journalist Austin Tice vanished in Syria, but the US president says he’s alive. For more than a decade Austin's mother Debra has been leading the search for her son. As Josh Baker and Sara Obeidat travel to Syria to help Austin’s mother’s search, a source gives Josh information that might unlock where he is - and a simple instruction: “Find Austin.”

Archive: Houston Public Media; NBC; PBS; CNN; C-SPAN; MSNBC; The White House; BBC.

Writer and showrunner: Josh Baker

Investigative producer: Sara Obeidat

Series producer: Simon Maybin

Field producing: Ouday Al Hussein

Additional producing: Lucy Burns

Open source intelligence: Thomas Bordeaux & Gabor Friesen

Production coordinator: Gemma Ashman

Series editor: Clare Fordham

Head of BBC News Long Form Audio: Emma Rippon

BBC Radio 4 commissioning editor: Dan Clarke