The Runaway by Martina Cole coming to the small screen
As I reported back in August of last year The Runaway was being adapted for television and there was not much to report other than the fact it was going to happen.
News on the production went very quiet soon after the announcement and there were rumours that Martina Cole may have not been happy with parts of the adaptation.
However I am now pleased to have found out that filming is going ahead. The production will be handled by Company Pictures who previously were responsible for The Take which aired last year.
Filming is taking place in South Africa and Alan Cumming, Burn Gorman, Jack O’Connell, Jo Van Der Ham and Max Irons are some of the cast known at the moment.
The drama will air as a six part mini-series on Sky1 in the Spring 2011.
UPDATE: Martina Cole’s The Runaway starts 31st March Sky1 9pm, excellent news!!
UPDATE: There has been huge interest in who is signing the cover version of Love Will Tear Us Apart on the Sky1 promotion trailer for the upcoming mini-series. The singer of Love Will Tear Us Apart is Charlotte Kelly. Sky will not be releasing it as a single though. The original version of the song was by the excellent Joy Division.
DVD out NOW!!
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why is a book set in London and New York being filmed in South Africa?
Great news tho, I love The Runaway
This is brilliant news I can’t wait for it to start.I think martina cole is amazing x
I’m so happy that this is being produced. I have the runaway twice already and its so good. I hope the screen adaptation will be as good as the book. although i do wonder how they are goin to reproduce New York and SoHo in South Africa =)
so hold on im confused now. i have only ever watched The Taske on sky 1 which was a while back. the other day someone told me that Dangerous Lady was on so i searched & searched for it for bloody ages lol and found nothing. but from what im reading there have been move of her books made onto tv besides The Take? if so then i have missed them and am so gutted
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dangerous lady is usually shown on itv4 u need to look for it as it is usually on late at night the other one is the jump but i havent seen that one yet
i was an exstra on the set in Cape town.When is the series coming on tv?
jack will be amasing in this
as always!
Good news – Martina Cole’s The Runaway starts 31st March Sky1 9pm !!
ive just seen the advert for this to be shown on sky 1 and actually screamed at the telly hehe….. i adore this book my copy is lookin very dog eared and im in need of a replacement soon and have always wanted to see it made into film i really hope they do the book and martina coles writing justice am so excited now cant wait for march 31st i will be glued to the tv screen
Does anyone know the version of the song Love Will Tear Us Apart that was used in the advert?
The cover version of Love Will Tear Us Apart used in the Martina Cole The Runaway trailer is by Charlotte Kelly. Sky will not be releasing it as a single though.
Hope that helps!
Can’t wait to watch this after reading the book.
Only prob with setting sky+ is it doesn’t go that far ahead,,,however I will NOT forget, & I’ll put it on series link then wait for a rainy night & watch it all in one go,,,bliss,,,
Love Martina Coles books,,only downside is the references to child porn in some of her writing – but yes, it is meant to shock & it does. Missed Dangerous Lady but will try to find it on BT Junkie or similar.