Scripted series · ITV1
The Dark
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How The Dark actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
The Dark reads strongest on Tension, Cliffhanger Intensity and Bingeability.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
A serial killer stalks the Scottish wilderness. When a young man’s body is discovered, DI Monica Kennedy must catch the murderer before a small community is torn apart.
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Ben StephensonProducer
Writing
- Matt HartleyWriter
Where to watch
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