Runaway (TV serial)

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Runaway
Created by Paul Wilmshurst
Directed by Paul Wilmshurst
Starring William Miller
Saffron Coomber
Kierston Wareing
Adrian Bower
Jack Scanlon
Haydon Downing
Country of originUnited Kingdom
No. of episodes3
Production
Executive producerJon East
Running time28 minutes
Original release
NetworkCBBC (BBC)
Release19 March (2009-03-19) 
29 March 2009 (2009-03-29)

Runaway is the story of a young boy who takes to the streets to get away from the torment he suffers at school and daily problems at home. Life at home is rife with daily doses of scoldings from his half-drunk mother, and his two younger brothers Dean and Jack pay him scant attention until noticing he is missing. On his journey, Sean meets a girl named Molly who takes him to a crumbling mill where her family lives. The series follows the police search for Sean, and how his disappearance affects his family. [1]

Contents

Runaways was part of a short season on CBBC about children and homelessness, along with a 5-part documentary "Sofa Surfers". [2] [3] The program was first shown as three separated half-hour episodes in March 2009, and later as an 82-minute film. [4]

Cast

CharacterActorEpisode(s)Biography
Sean Davies William Miller 1–3Central character of the series.
Molly Saffron Coomber 1–3Second central character
Kelly Davies Kierston Wareing 1–3Sean's mother
Gary Adrian Bower 1–3Kelly's boyfriend
Dean Davies Jack Scanlon 1–3One of Sean's younger brothers
Jack DaviesHaydon Downing1–3Sean's other younger brother
PC Brinkley Manjinder Virk 2Policeman who helps Kelly find her son
Edward Michael Culkin
CaseworkerGeorge AntonCaseworker
Bully Alfie Brown-Sykes 1–3Classmate who threatens and torments Sean
Teenager in ParkJoe Siffleet2Boy in park
FarmerHoward CogginsFarmer
TV Interviewer Josie D'Arby 3
Shopkeeper Indira Joshi 2A woman with bad eyesight
SamSean Kelly

Episodes

Ep#TitleOriginal Air Date
1"Episode 1"19 March 2009 (2009-03-19)

Sean, due to bullying at school and problems at home, flees to the streets around 11 pm.

Guest Stars: Tara Keatley as Teacher, Ashley Rolfe as Goth 1 and Kyle Summercorn as Goth 2.
2"Episode 2"26 March 2009 (2009-03-26)

Sean and Molly, a runaway girl, shoplift sweets to survive. Sean's mother is devastated.

Guest Star: Gary Carr as Surveillance Clerk
3"Episode 3"29 March 2009 (2009-03-29)

Sean and Molly befriend an old man who offers them a lift in his boat,to find Molly's house, but the mood turns hostile when Molly insults him.

Guest Stars: Josie D'Arby as TV Interviewer

Note: This is the last episode

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References

  1. What's On – Runaway Digiguide.com, 19 March 2009. Retrieved 2010-02-04.
  2. Network TV BBC Week 11 BBC One, 9 March 2009
  3. Winter/Spring 2009 Children's Programmes N-Z CBBC 25 November 2008.
  4. Runaway Broadcast in 2009 BBC/CBBC.