TV series

The Runaway

2011 · 1 season

A grim, slow-burning plunge into London's underworld, watching two damaged lives drift apart and collide again with a heavy sense of doom.

Overview: Childhood friends Cathy Connor and Eamonn Docherty were brought up together in the heart of gangland East London. Separated by violent circumstances their lives take strikingly different directions until they meet again as adults.
How it feels: Dark, bleak, melancholic and tense. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Love, crime, betrayal, isolation
Content: Strong violence, sexual content and language. Mild gore.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: love
crime
betrayal
isolation
survival
Places: big city
small town
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex strong