Overview
- ITV unveiled a 30‑second first look for The Dark and confirmed the six‑part series will air on ITV and STV with streaming on ITVX and STV Player in July.
- The series follows DI Monica Kennedy as she investigates a staged killing in the Scottish countryside and fears a serial killer is targeting a rural community.
- Laura Donnelly stars as DI Monica Kennedy and Mark Rowley plays her partner DC Connor Crawford in the screen adaptation by Matt Hartley of GR Halliday's debut novel From the Shadows.
- Production was handled by Poison Pen Studios within ITV Studios, the show was filmed in and around Glasgow in 2025, and the project received support from Screen Scotland via National Lottery funding.
- The rollout underscores ITV's recent focus on high‑profile, regionally set crime dramas and could boost local crews and the Scottish production economy as the series reaches viewers next month.