The Runaway (TV series)

The Runaway
Also known as	Martina Cole's The Runaway
Genre	Crime drama
Created by	Martina Cole
Written by	Allan Cubitt
Directed by	David Richards
Starring	Jack O'Connell Joanna Vanderham Burn Gorman Keith Allen Kierston Wareing Alan Cumming Sam Spruell Ken Stott Mark Womack
Composers	Ben Bartlett Chris Letcher
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	6 (list of episodes) Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox television with "list_episodes" parameter using self-link. See Infobox instructions and MOS:INFOBOXPURPOSE.
Production
Executive producers	Martina Cole George Faber Helen Flint Charles Pattinson Elaine Pyke Lavinia Warner
Producer	Nick Goding
Cinematography	Owen McPolin
Editors	Margeaux Britz Fiona Colbeck Catherine Creed Trevor Waite
Running time	50 minutes
Production company	Company Pictures
Original release
Network	Sky1
Release	31 March (2011-03-31) – 5 May 2011 (2011-05-05)
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The Runaway is a six-part British television crime drama series, adapted by Allan Cubitt from the novel by Martina Cole, that first broadcast on Sky1 on 31 March 2011. Directed by David Richards, The Runaway is set in the sleazy, gritty world of '60s and '70s London, and focuses on the doomed romance of East Londoners Cathy Connor (Joanna Vanderham) and Eamonn Docherty (Jack O'Connell). The series also co-stars Burn Gorman, Keith Allen and Kierston Wareing among others.^[1]

Principal shooting on the series took place in South Africa, which doubled up for 1960s Soho.^[1] Original music for the series was written by Chris Letcher, alongside Ben Bartlett. The Runaway was the second of Cole's novels to be adapted by Company Pictures for Sky, following on from The Take, starring Tom Hardy and Charlotte Riley, that first broadcast in 2009.^[1] The complete series of The Runaway was released on DVD via ITV Studios on 9 May 2011.^[2]