Runaway is the story of a young boy who takes to the streets to get away from the torment he suffers at school and daily problems at home. Life at home is rife with daily doses of scoldings from his half-drunk mother, and his two younger brothers Dean and Jack pay him scant attention until noticing he is missing. On his journey, Sean meets a girl named Molly who takes him to a crumbling mill where her family live. The series follows the police search for Sean, and how his disappearance affects his family.

Runaways was part of a short season on CBBC

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 about children and homelessness, along with a 5-part documentary "Sofa Surfers". The program was first shown as three separated half-hour episodes in March 2009, and later as an 82-minute film.

Cast

Character	Actor	Episode(s)	Biography
Sean Davies	William Miller William Miller (actor) William Miller is a British child actor who rose to fame when he was chosen for the part of Oliver Twist in the BBC One Christmas adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic broadcast in December 2007...	1-3	Central character of the series.
Molly	Saffron Coomber	1-3	Second central character
Kelly Davies	Kierston Wareing Kierston Wareing Kierston Wareing is an English actress. She starred in Ken Loach's film It's a Free World... as Angie. She has also played in Andrea Arnold's Fish Tank and Martina Cole's The Take. She has been nominated for one BAFTA award and two British Independent Film Awards...	1-3	Sean's mother
Gary	Adrian Bower Adrian Bower Adrian Bower is an English actor, best known for his role as physical education and geography teacher Brian Steadman in the first three series of the British comedy series Teachers...	1-3	Kelly's boyfriend
Dean Davies	Jack Scanlon Jack Scanlon Jack Scanlon is an English child actor who played one of the lead roles in the Holocaust film The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas ....	1-3	One of Sean's younger brothers
Jack Davies	Haydon Downing	1-3	Sean's other younger brother
PC Brinkley	Manjinder Virk	2	Policeman who helps Kelly find her son
Edward	Michael Culkin Michael Culkin Michael Culkin is a British theatre, film, and television actor probably best known for his role as Judge Buller in the BBC drama Garrow's Law. Among his other credits include a role in the children's drama M. I. High as Millionaire Flatley, and Hugo Blandford in Doctors. He also had a role in the...
Caseworker	George Anton		Caseworker
Bully	Alfie Brown- Skyes	1-3	Classmate who threatens and torments Sean
Farmer	Howard Coggins		Farmer
TV Interviewer	Josie D'Arby Josie D'Arby Josie d'Arby is a Welsh actress and television presenter from Newport, Wales.-Biography:d'Arby went to Lliswerry High School in her younger years then went on to attend the Anna Scher Theatre School, and later the London School of Journalism.d'Arby began a presenting career while still a student...	3
Shopkeeper	Indira Joshi Indira Joshi Indira Joshi is a British actress of Indian ethnicity. She has appeared in episodes of many well-known British dramas, including Holby City, Doctors, All About Me, The Bill and Coronation Street. However, she is probably best known for her role as Madhuri Kumar in the spoof chat show The Kumars at...	2	A woman with bad eyesight
Sam	Sean Kelly Sean Kelly Sean Kelly may refer to:* Sean Kelly , Professor of philosophy at Harvard University* Sean Kelly , Irish professional road bicycle racer...

Series One (2009)

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