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The Runaway

The Runaway

★ 6.2/10•2011•1h 0m•18•Drama
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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.

David Richards · Director

Allan Cubitt · Writer

StatusEnded
Runtime1h 0m
LanguageEN
First Air DateMar 31, 2011

Episodes

Episode 1 - Part 1E160m

Part 1

Cathy Connor and Eamonn Docherty are childhood sweethearts who are desperate to escape their East End roots. When Cathy murders her Mum’s pimp in self defence it changes their lives forever.

Mar 31, 2011

Episode 2 - Part 2E260m

Part 2

Cathy's desperate situation turns more so when she finds herself in a correctional facility. Eamonn quickly becomes embroiled in an underworld of crime, earning his stripes by protecting Dixon from getting shot on a heist.

Apr 7, 2011

Episode 3 - Part 3E360m

Part 3

With Desrae’s help, Cathy reinvents herself in Soho. Cathy and Eamonn are reunited but it ends in disaster and Eamonn is forced to flee the country.

Apr 14, 2011

Episode 4 - Part 4E460m

Part 4

Eamonn returns to London to supply detonators to members of the IRA, before the death of his father makes him yearn for Cathy even more. The pair are reunited again, and with their chemistry as strong as ever, the pair plan to start a new life in America together. Meanwhile, Dixon's attacks on the West End clubs intensify

Apr 21, 2011

Episode 5 - Part 5E560m

Part 5

Cathy and Tommy's marriage is on the rocks which is further exacerbated when Eamonn returns to London. When Tommy's drug deal goes wrong, Kitty's life is left hanging in the balance.

Apr 28, 2011

Episode 6 - Part 6E660m

Part 6

Cathy and Eamonn think about the future but soon learn that the odds are stacked against them making it together.

May 5, 2011

Actors

Joanna Vanderham

Joanna Vanderham

Cathy Connor

Jack O'Connell

Jack O'Connell

Eamonn Docherty

Keith Allen

Keith Allen

Danny Dixon

Ken Stott

Ken Stott

Joey

Kierston Wareing

Kierston Wareing

Madge

Burn Gorman

Burn Gorman

Richard Gates

Alan Cumming

Alan Cumming

Desrae

Max Irons

Max Irons

Tommy

Noah Hedges

Eamonn Docherty

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