Following the success of Martina Cole’s The Take, an impressive British cast lines up for Sky 1’s second adaptation of the bestselling author’s gritty crime novels, The Runaway, coming to DVD on 9th May 2011 courtesy of ITV STUDIOS Home Entertainment.

The stellar cast is headed up by Emmy® nominee and Tony Award winner Alan Cumming (The Good Wife, X-Men) starring in his first British TV role in fifteen years.

His challenge is to take on the role of Desrae, the flamboyant transvestite who takes the young runaway, Cathy Connor, played by debutant Joanna Vanderham, under her wing.  Cumming and Vanderham are joined by Ken Scott (Messiah), Keith Allen (Robin Hood) and Jack O’Connell (Skins) to form an intriguing mix of characters.

When Cathy (Vanderham) is sent into care, it rips apart the fragile dreams she had with her childhood sweetheart, Eamonn Docherty, played by the edgy O’Connell, forcing her to choose a life on the streets of London’s Soho. The runaway flees straight into the arms of Desrae, who helps her survive in the heart of London’s underworld.

Left with little in his life Eamonn refuses to resist temptation and is drawn into a life of crime, fleeing to New York to escape his demons.

The story descends into a tale of sleaze as London reaches its murky climax in the 70’s, with police corruption, the IRA and industrial strikes capturing a nation’s mood that many will remember.

The past is never far behind and as Cathy and Eamonn are drawn back together, it eventually catches up with them.

Burn Gorman (Torchwood), Kierston Wareing (The Take), Max Irons (Dorian Gray) and Mark Womack (Liverpool 1) also star in this unmissable six-part drama.

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So sorry I’m late in uploading these but I was away for a few days. Captures and clip of Kierston in last thursdays episode of The Runaway are now up.Enjoy!

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- Television Shows > The Runaway > Episode 4

Again,only one scene of Kierston in last nights episode of The Runaway but by the looks of next weeks sneak peak we saw at the end,we may see a little more of her character Madge in next weeks episode! Last nights episode was great didnt you think? It’s really starting to get interesting! Captures are up in the gallery and the clip is now on our youtube channel.

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- Television Shows > The Runaway >Episode 3

Unfortunately Kierston only had 1 short scene in tonights episode of The Runaway,but hopefully we’ll see more of what happens to her character Madge in next weeks episode.. I’ve uploaded captures in the gallery and the clip is now up on our youtube channel.

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- Television Shows > The Runaway > Episode 2

What else is there to say about last nights episode of The Runaway other than I loved it? The first episode was pretty much,to me at least just scene setting but it was done extremely well! I thoroughly enjoyed it,Kierston was fantastic as always and I’m really interested to see what happens to her character Madge throughout the series.Needless to say,I’m very much looking forward to the next episode! I’ve uploaded HQ captures into the gallery and also the clips of Kierston’s scenes in our youtube channel! Please note that it does contain scenes of sexual and violent nature,so may not be suitable for youngsters.

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- Television Shows > The Runaway > Episode 1

The guardian have posted one of the first reviews of Runaway.. read below. Clips and captures of last nights episode will be up soon too!

It was quite a relief to turn to the explicit violence of the adaptation of Martina Cole’s bestseller The Runaway (Sky1), set in Cole’s preferred 1960s East End milieu. Kathy is the daughter of Madge, a good-time girl-come-prostitute, who takes up with Eamon. Eamon has a son called Eamon. Kathy and Eamon II grow up together and fall – necessarily secretly, what with the statutory definition of incest being quite far from the working one round them parts – in love.

Eamon II gradually wanders into the gangster hinterlands and, after he shoots a man beating up his friend, is taken up by the local Mr Big. Kathy, meanwhile, kills the man beating up her mother and is taken up by the police. The detective in charge tells Kathy to say she was raped by her victim, and, helpfully, bruises her thighs to support her story – and then frames Madge for the murder. It’s a world of limited choices and bleak prospects – a furious EastEnders with a genuinely hard edge.

It’s all brilliantly, brutally done. The script is workmanlike – the plot’s the thing – but the wonderful cast (including Keith Allen as the hardman, Kierston Wareing as Madge, and with the likes of Alan Cumming and Ken Stott still to come) punches well above its weight. Like any bloodied masochist in the ring, you know you’ll be coming back next week for more of the same.

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The official sky.com website for The Runaway has just posted the first scene of the first episode for you to watch! and it does feature Kierston! Watch the video below,it does contain spoilers and also some violence and may not be suitable for youngsters.

Martina Cole talks her passion towards the project and her particular fondness for the characters. There are a few clips of Kierston in this,you can view it below

I’ve just uploaded some MQ stills from the first episode of The Runaway. Dont forget to tune in March 31st on Sky1!

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- Television Projects > The Runaway > Episode Stills

Hey guys! So I saw the first ad last night for Martina Cole’s The Runaway,this airs on Thursday 31st March on Sky 1! I absolutely cannot wait,I loved the take so very interesting to see what this is like! Below you can find two different trailers for the show,both feature Kierston briefly. Be sure to check out the site when the show airs as I’ll be bringing you caps and clips!

Some people read one Martina Cole novel and stop there – the books being too nasty for their taste.

So this brutish new series about London criminals based on one of her blockbusters will not please those folk who like to gaze at the pretty cottages on Midsomer Murders or the 1920s fashions on Marple.

It’s an unflinching take on the world of nasty men, prostitutes, abused women and rotten coppers. If DCI Barnaby or Hercule Poirot stumbled into Cole’s world, they would get a knife across the face, a knee in the balls and flung into the gutter – probably by one of the women.

Some people read one Martina Cole novel and stop there – the books being too nasty for their taste.

So this brutish new series about London criminals based on one of her blockbusters will not please those folk who like to gaze at the pretty cottages on Midsomer Murders or the 1920s fashions on Marple.

It’s an unflinching take on the world of nasty men, prostitutes, abused women and rotten coppers. If DCI Barnaby or Hercule Poirot stumbled into Cole’s world, they would get a knife across the face, a knee in the balls and flung into the gutter – probably by one of the women.