Netflix decides to Run Away
TRAILER: James Nesbitt, Ruth Jones, Minnie Driver and Alfred Enoch head the cast of Run Away, the latest Harlan Coben adaptation coming to Netflix. The eight-part series debuts worldwide on January 1, 2026.
Relocating Coben’s novel from the US to the UK, Nesbitt plays Simon, who had the perfect life: loving wife and kids, great job, beautiful home. But then his eldest daughter Paige ran away and everything fell apart.
Now when he finds her, vulnerable and strung out on drugs in a city park, he finally has the chance to bring his little girl home. But it turns out she’s not alone, and an argument escalates into shocking violence. In the aftermath, Simon loses his daughter all over again, and his search to find her will take him into a dangerous underworld, revealing deep secrets that could tear his family apart forever.
The cast also features Lucian Msamati, Jon Pointing, Tracy-Ann Oberman, Annette Badland, Maeve Courtier-Lilley, Ellie de Lange, Adrian Greensmith, Ellie Henry, Ingrid Oliver, Finty Williams, Joe McGann, Amy Gledhill and more.
Run Away is produced by Quay Street Productions. Coben is an executive producer through his company, Final Twist Productions. Danny Brocklehurst is the lead writer and is also an executive producer with Nicola Shindler and Richard Fee. Nimer Rashed is lead director and executive producer.
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