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Hard Christmas - Runaway

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15-year-old Laura has run away from home more than 150 times in the last two years. She has just been placed in a children's home in Lancashire after her behaviour spiralled out of control. Director Julia Stovell follows Laura over five months as she continues to run away and place herself at enormous risk. In this intimate and emotional portrait we watch as Laura's family and the staff at the childens home try to work out what she is running away from - or running away to.