‘The Lost Man' is a four-part podcast series telling the story of a search for family across continents and generations. A Pakistani man tries to track down a missing branch of his family tree, looking for descendants of an ancestor who ‘accidentally' came to Australia 120 years ago.

When SBS Urdu reporter Afnan Malik's father was visiting from his home village in Pakistan, he told Afnan a story about a man called Mumtaz, and his long lost relative.

In search of a new life, Mumtaz's great-uncle had left his village in 1895 intending to travel to Europe. Instead he accidently boarded a boat to Australia.

This four-part podcast series follows Afnan as he helps Mumtaz in this search for the missing Australian branch of his family.

All episodes of The Lost Man launch on January 31. Listen to the series trailer now.

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Introducing 'The Lost Man'

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20/01/202301:20

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