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Original series from the producer of “Fool Me Once” and “Missing You” streaming exclusively on Disney+ in 2025
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LONDON, U.K. (January 22, 2025) – Disney+ has today released an official first look of the upcoming UK Original, “The Stolen Girl” – formerly known as Playdate (w/t) – a five-part psychological drama starring Denise Gough (“Andor”), Holliday Grainger (“Strike”), Ambika Mod (“One Day”), Jim Sturgess (“Cloud Atlas”), Bronagh Waugh (“The Suspect”), and Michael Workeye (“My Lady Jane”). The series is adapted by Catherine Moulton (“Baptiste”) from Alex Dahl’s best-selling novel (“Playdate”), and directed by Eva Husson (“Mothering Sunday”). The series tells the story of fascinating, relatable and complex women in an unimaginable situation.
Nicola Shindler (“Fool Me Once”, “Nolly”, “Missing You”, “It’s A Sin”) executive produces for Quay Street Productions (part of ITV Studios), along with executive producers Tanya Seghatchian and John Woodward for Brightstar (“The Power of the Dog”, “Cold War”), and Alex Dahl, Eva Husson and Catherine Moulton also serve as executive producers. Hannah Scott serves as executive producer for Disney+.
A seemingly ordinary decision turns the world of Elisa, mum to two young kids, upside down in this tense thriller.
When her 9-year-old daughter Lucia excitedly asks to go on an overnight playdate with her new best friend Josie, Elisa agrees. After meeting Josie’s mother, Rebecca, she’s put at ease by her charming nature and their impressive house. But when she says goodnight to her daughter, she has no idea that she is about to be thrust into every parent’s worst nightmare.
The next day, when Elisa goes to pick up Lucia, she discovers that the beautiful house was a holiday rental. Lucia is missing. Rebecca and Josie have vanished. What started out as her daughter’s first sleepover has turned into an abduction.
As an urgent manhunt unfolds across Europe, Elisa and her husband Fred find themselves the object of police and public scrutiny. Elisa’s perfect family begins to unravel under the pressure, and long-buried secrets come to light. Rebecca took Lucia for a reason. And as viewers learn more about the tangled lives of these women we will wonder if Rebecca was justified in kidnapping the little girl – and whether she might be better off staying hidden.
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About Quay Street Productions (part of ITV Studios)
Quay Street Productions was founded by multi-award-winning producer Nicola Shindler in 2021, to make contemporary, provocative, entertaining, and engaging drama for U.K. and global audiences.
The production company builds on Shindler’s reputation to deliver compelling drama, with her previous credits including Fool Me Once, It’s A Sin, Stay Close, Ridley Road, Finding Alice, The Stranger, Happy Valley and Queer As Folk.
Based in Manchester, Quay Street Productions puts the writers and talent at the centre of the production process. Welcoming voices from all different backgrounds, Quay Street Productions promotes a diversity of storytelling working with new and established writers. Russell T Davies drama Nolly for Quay Street Productions, starring Helena Bonham Carter as soap opera legend Noele “Nolly” Gordon, and Significant Other starring Katherine Parkinson and Youssef Kerkour, both launched on ITVX and ITV in 2023. Feature-length drama, Men Up, written by Matthew Barry starring Iwan Rheon aired on BBC One Christmas 2023 and After the Flood, written by Mick Ford and starring Sophie Rundle launched on ITV1 and ITVX last year.
Harlan Coben's Netflix series Fool Me Once, starring Michelle Keegan, Adeel Akhtar, Richard Armitage and Joanna Lumley, premiered globally last January and joined Netflix’s chart of its Top 10 most popular English-language shows of all time, with over 94 million views since launch in January 2024. Dead Hot, commissioned by Prime Video for UK and Eire, dropped in March 2024 followed by Tubi to serve the US and The Red King aired on UKTV in April 2024.
Netflix has commissioned Run Away, another Harlan Coben adaptation series, as part of their ongoing collaboration which will go into production this year, as will a second series of After the Flood. Playdate (w/t) for Disney+, Lazarus, a Harlan Coben series for Prime Video and The Guest for BBC, are set to launch this year.
Quay Street Productions is part of ITV Studios.
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About Brightstar
Brightstar is the independent film and TV production company founded by Tanya Seghatchian and John Woodward. Tanya and John’s producing / EP credits include Oscar winning film THE POWER OF THE DOG, the Netflix series, THE CROWN and KAOS, and stretch back to the original HARRY POTTER films. They produced the Oscar and BAFTA nominated feature film COLD WAR, and recently adapted COLD WAR as an acclaimed play for the Almeida theatre in London.