Holliday Grainger and Ambika Mod also star in The Stolen Girl. 

Disney+ have revealed details of their new five-part psychological drama The Stolen Girl – previously announced as Playdate.

Writer Catherine Moulton adapts from Alex Dahl’s best-seller, and the series comes from Nicola Shindler’s Quay Street Productions. It promises to tell the story of fascinating, relatable and complex women in an unimaginable situation.

Interestingly, the show’s premise seems to share a lot in common with the recently announced All Her Fault, starring Sarah Snook. That’s also based on a novel, and his been picked up in the UK by Sky.

Here’s the setup:

A seemingly ordinary decision turns the world of Elisa, mum to two young kids, upside down in this tense thriller. When her 9-year-old daughter Lucia excitedly asks to go on an overnight playdate with her new best friend Josie, Elisa agrees. After meeting Josie’s mother, Rebecca, she’s put at ease by her charming nature and their impressive house. But when she says goodnight to her daughter, she has no idea that she is about to be thrust into every parent’s worst nightmare.

The next day, when Elisa goes to pick up Lucia, she discovers that the beautiful house was a holiday rental. Lucia is missing. Rebecca and Josie have vanished. What started out as her daughter’s first sleepover has turned into an abduction.

As an urgent manhunt unfolds across Europe, Elisa and her husband Fred find themselves the object of police and public scrutiny. Elisa’s perfect family begins to unravel under the pressure, and long-buried secrets come to light. Rebecca took Lucia for a reason. And as viewers learn more about the tangled lives of these women, the question of whether Rebecca was justified in kidnapping the little girl arises – and if she might be better off staying hidden.

The Stolen Girl stars Denise Gough (Andor), Holliday Grainger (Strike) and Ambika Mod (One Day). Alongside them are  Jim Sturgess (Hard Sun), Bronagh Waugh (Ridley), and Michael Workéyè (My Lady Jane).

Also in the cast is Doctor Who‘s Lisa Bowerman, who appears in two episodes according to the IMDb.

The director is Eva Husson (Mothering Sunday, Hanna), the producer is James Dean. Executive producers are Nicola Shindler (Quay Street Productions), Tanya Seghatchian and John Woodward (Brightstar), and Hannah Scott (Disney+). Plus, Alex Dahl, Eva Husson and Catherine Moulton.

The series lands on in the UK on Disney+, and on Hulu and Freeform in the US on April 16th, 2025.