Overview
- The Dark began its run on ITV1 and is available to stream on ITVX after its Sunday, July 12 premiere, with episode two scheduled for Monday, July 13 and the six‑part run finishing later in July.
- The series follows DI Monica Kennedy, played by Laura Donnelly, and DC Connor Crawford, played by Mark Rowley, as they investigate a masked killer who stages victims in remote Highland landscapes.
- Adapted by Matt Hartley with co‑writers Lena Rae and Nessah Muthy and directed by Gilles Bannier, the show was produced by Poison Pen Studios in association with ITV Studios and supported by Screen Scotland and National Lottery funding.
- Early reviews and viewer reaction called the drama chilling and gripping while noting it uses familiar crime‑drama tropes, and some viewers have already binge‑watched the full six episodes on ITVX.
- Filmed across Glasgow, Greenock and Inverclyde standing in for the Highlands, the series reinforces ITV’s recent pattern of rural ensemble crime dramas and may raise GR Halliday’s profile and book sales as adaptations often do.