In Search of Amelia Earhart notably Andy Roberts who shared vocals on the album, created an atypical British folk album conceived around the idea of the legends surrounding Amelia Earhart and her supposed demise. Matthews had read a book by Fred Goerner hypothesizing that Earhart and her flying companion Frederick Noonan had crashed around the Japanese held Marshall Island area and been taken prisoner by the Japanese on Saipan, in the Marianas, in 1937. Their plane had supposedly been outfitted with aerial cameras and had a bigger fuel tank than anyone outside of the US government knew. After being grilled by Japanese interrogators Earhart would
Unsolved: The Boy Who Disappeared featured in those shows, no-one has been convicted of any crime associated with Nettles' disappearance. It was one of the anticipated highlights of the early schedule following BBC Three's move to being an online-only channel. Damien Kavanagh, BBC Three controller, said "We are innovating with new ways to tell stories at BBC Three and Unsolved is the perfect example of how our move online has opened up new possibilities for storytelling". Harte described the filming as "an experimental format for BBC Three" with cameras following their every move. Unsolved: The Boy Who Disappeared Unsolved: The Boy Who Disappeared is an