The Stolen Girl

Adapted from Alex Dahl’s 2020 novel Playdate. From Wednesday 16^th April 2025 on Disney+.

Told in 5 Episodes.

What if your child’s first sleepover was actually a ploy for a terrifying abduction. This is the chilling premise of The Stolen Girl, a five-part psychological thriller that explores every parent’s worst nightmare. The story follows private jet cabin manager and mother of two Elisa Blix, whose high-flying life comes crashing down when her nine-year-old daughter, Lucia, begs to go for an impromptu sleepover at her new best friend Josie’s house. Josie’s mum, Rebecca Walsh seems trustworthy when Elisa meets her at the school gates and Elisa is seriously impressed by Rebecca’s stunning home in the Cheshire suburbs when she later drops off Lucia’s bag.

But when Elisa can’t get through to Rebecca’s phone the next day and races to the house with her husband Fred, the panicked parents discover it’s a rental property and Rebecca, Josie and Lucia have all vanished. As a frantic, Europe-wide search ensues, Elisa and Fred find themselves under intense scrutiny from the police and media, especially when investigative journalist Selma Desai begins to dig into their lives, much to the frustration of the lead investigator on the case, DI Shona Sinclair.

Is the Blix family hiding something? And as Rebecca’s motives come to light, should Lucia remain hidden?

Starring Holliday Grainger, Denise Gough, Ambika Mod, Jim Sturgess and Bronagh Waugh.

Overview accredited to T.V. Times.