Tomorrow, Sky 1 brings Martina Cole’s gritty crime novel The Runaway to the screen, with the first in a six-part drama, which will star a liberal smattering of British talent including Alan Cumming, Joanna Vanderham and volatile relative new-comer Jack O’ Connell. And lucky devil that I am, I’ve got my hands on the first two episodes for an early review.
If you haven’t yet come across any of the pre-release marketing, the official Sky synopsis goes like this:
East London kids Cathy Connor (Vanderham) and Eamonn Docherty (O’Connell) dream of a brighter future. But their hopes are shattered when Cathy is sent into care and then compelled to run away and forced to survive on the streets of Soho. Befriended by colourful transvestite Desrae (Cumming), Cathy grows up in the heart of London’s underworld, while Eamonn is drawn into a life of crime and ultimately flees to New York.
If you haven’t yet come across any of the pre-release marketing, the official Sky synopsis goes like this:
East London kids Cathy Connor (Vanderham) and Eamonn Docherty (O’Connell) dream of a brighter future. But their hopes are shattered when Cathy is sent into care and then compelled to run away and forced to survive on the streets of Soho. Befriended by colourful transvestite Desrae (Cumming), Cathy grows up in the heart of London’s underworld, while Eamonn is drawn into a life of crime and ultimately flees to New York.
- 3/30/2011
- by Simon Gallagher
- Obsessed with Film
Screenterrier reported back in March 2010 on the casting of Skins star Jack O'Connell and newcomer Joanna Vanderham in Sky1's adaptation of Martina Cole's best-seller The Runaway.
The 6-part series also stars Alan Cumming as flamboyant transvestite Desrae, Ken Stott (Messiah), and Keith Allen (Robin Hood).
Now, a year later, the drama hits our screens on Thursday 31st March at 9pm on Sky1.
East London kids Cathy Connor (Vanderham) and Eamonn Docherty (O'Connell) dream of a brighter future. But their hopes are shattered when Cathy is sent into care and then compelled to run away and forced to survive on the streets of Soho. Befriended by colourful transvestite Desrae (Cumming), Cathy grows up in the heart of London's underworld, while Eamonn is drawn into a life of crime and ultimately flees to New York. As London's red light district sinks into the sleaze of the 70s, and the Ira,...
The 6-part series also stars Alan Cumming as flamboyant transvestite Desrae, Ken Stott (Messiah), and Keith Allen (Robin Hood).
Now, a year later, the drama hits our screens on Thursday 31st March at 9pm on Sky1.
East London kids Cathy Connor (Vanderham) and Eamonn Docherty (O'Connell) dream of a brighter future. But their hopes are shattered when Cathy is sent into care and then compelled to run away and forced to survive on the streets of Soho. Befriended by colourful transvestite Desrae (Cumming), Cathy grows up in the heart of London's underworld, while Eamonn is drawn into a life of crime and ultimately flees to New York. As London's red light district sinks into the sleaze of the 70s, and the Ira,...
- 3/24/2011
- by noreply@blogger.com (ScreenTerrier)
- ScreenTerrier
Sky1 has revealed the cast for its forthcoming Martina Cole adaptation The Runaway. The new drama, based on Cole's 1997 novel, will follow young runaway Cathy Connor as she is adopted by an outrageous transvestite and reunited with her childhood sweetheart in '60s Soho. Actor Alan Cumming will take his first British television role in 15 years as the cross-dressing Desrae, and Joanna Vanderham will make her professional acting debut as
Cathy. Former Skins star Jack O'Connell will play Cathy's love interest Eamonn, while Ken Stott and ex-Robin Hood actor Keith Allen will (more)...
Cathy. Former Skins star Jack O'Connell will play Cathy's love interest Eamonn, while Ken Stott and ex-Robin Hood actor Keith Allen will (more)...
- 7/14/2010
- by By Morgan Jeffery
- Digital Spy
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