Run Away, an upcoming Harlan Coben series starring James Nesbitt, Ruth Jones, Minnie Driver, and Alfred Enoch, will debut on Netflix on Jan. 1, 2026, following the 2025 success of the limited thriller series Missing You. On Monday, Netflix unveiled first-look pictures for the series, which uses the tagline: “How far would you go to bring her back?”
Run Away is produced by Quay Street Productions, part of ITV Studios. Coben serves as executive producer through his company, Final Twist Productions. Danny Brocklehurst is the lead writer and serves as executive producer. Quay Street Productions, Nicola Shindler, and Richard Fee are executive producers.
Other cast members include 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, and Amy Gledhill.
The lead directors for Run Away are Nimer Rashed, who led episodes 1-3 and 7-8, as well as Isher Sahota, who handled episodes 4-6.
“Simon (Nesbitt) had the perfect life: loving wife and kids, great job, beautiful home. But then his eldest daughter Paige ran away, and everything fell apart,” reads a synopsis of the series. “So 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.”
Run Away is one of 13 titles from bestselling author Coben produced for Netflix. It will feature eight hour-long episodes.
In keeping with previous Harlan Coben adaptations, Run Away is relocating the story from the U.S. to the U.K.. Filming took place in and around Manchester and the North West of England.
The first-look images released on Monday show various characters in various scenes.
