A dark and hilarious holiday thriller? We can’t wait for Then You Run

Then You Run: Isidora Fairhurst & Vivian Oparah & Yasmin Monet Prince & Leah McNamara

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A dark and hilarious holiday thriller? We can’t wait for Then You Run

By Kayleigh Dray

2 years ago

2 min read

Then You Run, the darkly comic new thriller series from Sky Max and NOW, looks incredibly promising…


In the sweltering climes of summer, is there anything better than pulling the curtains closed of an evening (begone, pesky 9pm light!) and settling down to watch an exciting new thriller? I thought as much.

Thankfully, the TV gods have proven kind, as they’ve lined up a juicy new series that fits the bill perfectly. 

Watch the trailer for Then You Run below:

It looks hectic, right? But hectic in the best possible way, obviously.

Here’s all you need to know about Then You Run.

What is Then You Run about?

An adaptation of Zoran Drvenkar’s novel You, the eight-part miniseries follows a close-knit group of rebellious London teenagers enjoying a getaway in Rotterdam. When one of their dear old dads is discovered dead, though, they are forced to go on the run across Europe with three kilos of heroin and a host of deadly criminals snapping at their heels.

There are awkward romances aplenty, drunken mistake after drunken mistake, an unwanted pregnancy and the ever-looming threat of a particularly hair-raising serial killer known only as The Traveller. 

Basically, it’s ideal viewing for anyone who enjoyed A Town Called Malice, The Serpent, and/or Britney Spears’s Crossroads. Which, admit it, is 100% you.

Who stars in Then You Run?

Then You Run centres on the trials and tribulations of Tara (Normal People’s Leah McNamara), Stink (I May Destroy You’s Vivian Oparah), Ruth (Hanna’s Yasmin Monet Prince) and Nessi (newcomer Isidora Fairhurst).

Richard Coyle, Cillian O’Sullivan, Francis Magee, Darren Cahill and Christian Rubeck also star in the series.

What are people saying about Then You Run?

Speaking about the new series, Gabriel Silver, director of commissioning at Sky Studios, said: “Ben Chanan’s adaptation of Then You Run propels us into a vibrant, genre-clashing story that gleefully writes its own rules. It is fantastic to be working with Kudos again on such a unique show and I’m looking forward to this landing on Sky.”

While Then You Run is definitely a pulse-pounder of a thriller, it also has some elements of offbeat comic relief: indeed, “the four young women’s hilarious relatability is the perfect antidote to the gritty absurdity of the gangster lifestyle and killing sprees peppered throughout the series”, promises Karen Wilson, managing director of the show’s production company Kudos.

Colour us intrigued.

When and where can we watch Then You Run?

Then You Run will be released on Sky Max with NOW on 7 July.

Will you be watching? 

Images: Sky/NOW

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