Holliday Grainger and Ambika Mod also star in The Stolen Girl.
Updated 04/04/25: Series trailer lands.
We’re two weeks out from the premiere of The Stolen Girl, and Disney+ have released the show’s trailer.
The thriller series tells the story of a child abuction, with writer Catherine Moulton adapting Alex Dahl’s best-seller.
There’s also some more information on the story, in addition to the previously published synopsis:
The gripping trailer takes us to the heart of suburbia where life is not quite as tranquil as it first seems. When Elisa (Denise Gough) and Fred Blix’s (Jim Sturgess) daughter, Lucia (Beatrice Cohen), goes missing after what appears to be a normal sleepover with a school friend, the couple’s mundane existence spirals into chaos. Elisa is forced to embark on a high-stakes cat-and-mouse chase across Europe to discover the shocking truth about her daughter’s disappearance. Exactly why did the enigmatic Rebecca Walsh (Holliday Grainger) take her daughter? Was Lucia a random target? What personal price will she have to pay to get her back?
As Elisa starts to fit the pieces together, chaotically persistent journalist Selma Desai (Ambika Mod) reports live, relentlessly ripping apart her family life at every turn. Slowly the unsettling truth emerges – Rebecca didn’t want any child; she wanted Lucia – and what started as a textbook abduction is quickly evolving into something much darker…
The Stolen Girl premieres in the UK on Disney+ on April 16th, 2025, and begins a weekly rollout on Hulu and Freeform in the US on the same date.
Original article (of 10/03/25) continues…
The Stolen Girl – details of Denise Gough’s new Disney+ thriller
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.