{"id":674357,"date":"2026-07-05T02:18:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T02:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/674357\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T02:18:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T02:18:11","slug":"itv-confirm-release-date-for-new-six-part-thriller-the-dark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/674357\/","title":{"rendered":"ITV confirm release date for new six-part thriller The Dark"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  ITV\u2019s The Dark follows DI Monica Kennedy, played by Outlander star Laura Donnelly, and her new partner DC Connor Crawford, portrayed by Mark Rowley.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Paranoia rises after a body is discovered in the idyllic wilderness as locals realise there is a serial killer hidden amongst them.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Monica becomes entangled in a game of cat and mouse with the killer, but begins to lose trust in her own judgement as her own history creeps up on her.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Actors Laura and Mark were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenocktelegraph.co.uk\/news\/25456807.laura-donnelly-mark-rowley-greenock-new-itv-show-dark\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">spotted filming for the show<\/a> in and around <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenocktelegraph.co.uk\/local-news\/greenock-news\/?ref=au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Greenock<\/a> in September and October last year.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\" alt=\"The Dark stars Laura Donnelly and Mark Rowley\"\/>Laura Donnelly and Mark Rowley shot scenes in Greenock last year (Image: George Munro)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Crews shot scenes at James Watt College\u2019s Finnart Street campus and at Annexe Park in Fox Street.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Helen Baxendale also stars in the series, which has been adapted from GR Halliday\u2019s novel \u2018From the Shadows\u2019 by Matt Hartley.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Produced by Poison Pen Studios, the first episode of The Dark is due to air on STV at 9pm on Sunday, July 12.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ITV\u2019s The Dark follows DI Monica Kennedy, played by Outlander star Laura Donnelly, and her new partner DC&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":674358,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[96,391,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-674357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-tv","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/674357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=674357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/674357\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/674358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=674357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=674357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=674357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}