Director: Catherine Moulton
Cast: Denise Gough, Ambika Mod, Holliday Grainger, Jim Sturgess, Bronagh Waugh
The Stolen Girl is a 2025 British drama-thriller series directed by Catherine Moulton, following a mother whose ordinary life fractures completely after a single decision — allowing her young daughter to sleep over at a new friend's house. Each episode runs approximately 40 minutes, delivering tightly wound suspense anchored in domestic realism.
What is The Stolen Girl about?
Sarah is a working mother navigating the competing demands of two children, a relationship under pressure, and the ordinary chaos of modern family life. When her nine-year-old daughter finally connects with a new best friend at school, Sarah sees it as a small, welcome relief — a normal milestone. She agrees to the sleepover without hesitation. But when morning comes and her daughter does not return, the apparently routine night unravels into something far darker. What seemed like a simple act of trust pulls Sarah into a desperate search, raising urgent questions about the people she believed she knew, the institutions meant to protect families, and how quickly the familiar can become threatening. The series builds its tension from the ground up, rooted in the texture of everyday life before spinning that familiarity into fear.
Cast & crew
Denise Gough leads the series as the mother at the centre of the crisis, bringing considerable stage and screen credibility to the role. Ambika Mod and Holliday Grainger provide strong support, while Jim Sturgess appears in a key recurring part. The ensemble includes Bronagh Waugh, Robyn Betteridge, Michael Workeye, and Layo-Christina Akinlude, rounding out a cast drawn largely from British television and theatre.
Context & significance
For Persian-speaking viewers in the diaspora, The Stolen Girl speaks to anxieties that cross every cultural boundary — the vulnerability of children, the fragility of trust in unfamiliar social environments, and what happens when a parent's protective instincts collide with institutional indifference. Families who have rebuilt their lives in a new country, navigating school systems and social circles that do not always feel safe, will recognise the particular dread this series articulates. The series is available on K-Time with a Persian dub, making it fully accessible without relying on subtitles. British domestic thrillers in this vein have long found audiences among Iranian viewers abroad who follow English-language drama closely.
Where & how to watch
The Stolen Girl is available on K-Time with both Persian dub and Persian subtitles, so you can watch in whichever way feels most comfortable. Stream it on the web, on your TV, or on your phone — no VPN needed, no geo-blocking, cancel anytime.