The Dark (TV series)

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The Dark
GenreCrime drama
Based onFrom the Shadows by GR Halliday
Screenplay byMark Hartley
Lena Rae
Nessah Muthy
Directed byGilles Bannier
Starring
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
Production
Executive producers
  • Ben Stephenson
  • Preethi Mavahalli
  • Luke Woellhaf
  • Fern McCauley
  • Mark Hartley
ProducerMatt Brown
Production company
  • Poison Pen
Original release
Network ITVX

The Dark is an upcoming ITVX crime drama television series, adapted from the novel From the Shadows by GR Halliday. The cast is led by Laura Donnelly, Mark Rowley, Emun Elliott and Helen Baxendale.

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Premise

A detective investigates after the body of young man is found staged in a peculiar fashion in the Scottish wilderness. [1]

Cast

Production

The series was commissioned by ITVX in July 2025, and is adapted from the GR Halliday 2020 novel From the Shadows, with the adaptation by Mark Hartley, Lena Rae and Nessah Muthy, with Gilles Bannier as director. The series is executive produced by Ben Stephenson for Poison Pen alongside Preethi Mavahalli, Luke Woellhaf and Fern McCauley and Hartley. Matt Brown is series producer. [2]

The cast is led by Mark Rowley and Laura Donnelly and also includes Emun Elliott, Helen Baxendale, Rona Morrison, Cal MacAninch, Stella Gonet, Phil McKee, Tunji Kasim and Catherine McCormack. [3]

Filming begun in Glasgow, Scotland in September 2025. [4] Filming also took place in Greenock that month. [5] [6]

References

  1. ↑ Wiseman, Andreas (21 August 2025). "ITV & Ben Stephenson's Poison Pen Set Laura Donnelly As Lead Actress For Returnable Serial Killer Drama 'The Dark'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 7 October 2025.
  2. ↑ Goldbart, Max (1 July 2025). "ITV Greenlights Serial Killer Thriller 'The Dark' From Ben Stephenson's Poison Pen". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
  3. ↑ Moss, Molly (2 September 2025). "Karen Pirie star confirmed for dark new serial killer thriller and it's "something special"". Radio Times. Retrieved 7 October 2025.
  4. ↑ Lewis, George (2 September 2025). "Star of beloved ITV crime drama confirmed to lead "fantastic" cast of new Scotland-set thriller". Digital Spy. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
  5. ↑ Lochrie, Susan (10 September 2025). "Laura Donnelly and Mark Rowley in Greenock for new ITV show The Dark". Greenock Telegraph. Retrieved 7 October 2025.
  6. ↑ "The Dark: ITV thriller filming to take place in Greenock". Herald Scotland. 8 September 2025. Retrieved 7 October 2025.
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