New Disney+ thriller The Stolen Girl filmed in Manchester - filming locations and plot
A brand new thriller about a woman whose teenage daughter is abducted from her friends’ house during a sleepover has landed on Disney+ - and it was filmed in Greater Manchester.
The five-part mini-series, titled The Stolen Girl, launched on the streaming service on Wednesday (April 16) and has already earned a score of 90% on Rotten Tomatoes. It sees Elisa’s (Denise Gough) daughter abducted after staying at Rebecca’s (Holliday Grainger) home.
The series was produced by Manchester-based Quay Street Productions and filmed in and around Greater Manchester and France, as well as Liverpool and Blackpool.
Manchester filming locations
Greater Manchester filming locations included Whalley Range, Sunlight House, Cheadle Hulme, Stockport, Manchester Airport and Manchester city centre. Additional filming took place in Liverpool’s Fulwood Park, Blackpool Airport, Shrewsbury Prison, the Port of Dover and France.
Disney+ The Stolen Girl plot
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 (Liverpool’s Fulwood Park!). 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.
As viewers learn more about the tangled lives of these women we will wonder if Rebecca was justified in kidnapping the little girl – and whether she might be better off staying hidden.
Disney+ The Stolen Girl cast
Andor’s Denise Gough and Jim Sturgess (from the movie version of One Day) play Elisa and Fred Blix, the parents of abducted Lucia. Strike star Holliday Grainger is Rebecca Walsh, the woman who abducts Lucia after adopting a fake identity to conceal her mysterious past.
Ambika Mod (from the Netflix version of One Day) plays determined journalist Selma Desai, who is set on uncovering the truth, despite warnings from superiors, including her exasperated editor Kaleb (This is Going to Hurt’s Michael Workéyè), to leave the case alone.