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James Nesbitt and Ruth Jones team up in Netflix thriller series Run Away

Run Away arrives on Netflix on 1 January 2026
Run Away arrives on Netflix on 1 January 2026

Cold Feet star James Nesbitt appears alongside Gavin and Stacey's Ruth Jones in newly released pictures from Netflix's adaptation of Harlan Coben's 2019 thriller Run Away.

The eight-part series, which premieres on New Year's Day, follows Jones as Elena Ravenscroft, an investigator who helps Simon Greene, played by Nesbitt, after his daughter Paige (Ellie de Lange) runs away from home.

James Nesbitt searches as Simon Greene in Run Away
James Nesbitt stars as Simon Greene in Run Away, an adaptation of the Harlan Coben thriller of the same name

The photos, which have been shared with the tagline "How far would you go to bring her back?", feature a number of scenes from the show including Jones in what appears to be a bulletproof kit with a helmet and a gun, along with Nesbitt walking through the woods with a flashlight.

The thriller also stars Good Will Hunting actress Minnie Driver, Sweetpea star Jon Pointing, and Harry Potter actor Alfred Enoch.

Ruth Jones points a gun as Elena Ravenscroft in Run Away
Ruth Jones stars as Elena Ravenscroft

Conclave star Lucian Msamati also appears in the new series along with Ted Lasso's Annette Badland, and Friday Night Dinner actress Tracy-Ann Oberman.

The story was relocated from the US to the UK in keeping with previous Netflix Coben adaptations, with the series filmed in Manchester and the northwest of England.

Run Away was written by Danny Brocklehurst, who has adapted several of Coben's novels including Fool Me Once, which starred Michelle Keegan and Joanna Lumley.

Minnie Driver as Ingrid Greene and James Nesbitt as Simon Greene in Run Away
The cast of Run Away also includes Minnie Driver as Ingrid Greene

Run Away arrives on Netflix on 1 January 2026.

Source: Press Association

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