Holliday Grainger Set to Star In Upcoming Disney+ U.K. Thriller 'Playdate'

Streamer Disney+ isn't particularly known as a destination for British programming, especially in America, where anything that isn't Marvel, Star Wars, or overt family-friendly fare is almost immediately ported over to sister site Hulu rather than housed on its primary app. But with the two services inching closer to becoming a single destination experience, and an increase in series in development, that assumption seems to be well on the way to changing.

After all, Doctor Who will officially call Disney+ home with the arrival of the series' 60th anniversary specials this November. Offbeat comedies Extraordinary and Wedding Season both made their way to America over the last year via Hulu, and there's every reason to suspect that the buzzy forthcoming period dramas The Ballad of Renegade Nell and A Thousand Blows will do the same. And now, Disney+ is taking its first steps into the popular world of contemporary British thrillers with Playdate. (What I'm saying is it looks like Anglophiles will probably want to invest in a subscription sooner rather than later.)

Based on the best-selling book of the same name by Alex Dahl, Playdate will be adapted by Catherine Moulton (Baptiste) and follow the story of a woman who is forced to face every parent's worst nightmare when her young daughter is kidnapped.