TVTV NewsITVThe Dark is a new six-part ITV crime drama series based on GR Halliday's debut novel From the Shadows, starring Laura Donnelly and Mark Rowley as detectives hunting a serial killer in the Scottish Highlands07:10, 11 Jul 2026A "twisted" new crime drama ideal for devotees of The Bay launches this weekend.‌The Dark, a fresh six-part chilling serial killer drama adapted from GR Halliday's debut novel From the Shadows and starring Outlander's Laura Donnelly alongside Karen Pirie's Mark Rowley, begins on Sunday (July 12) evening.‌Set against the atmospheric backdrop of the Scottish countryside, the series follows a detective partnership comprising DI Monica Kennedy and her new colleague DC Connor Crawford.‌The pair embark on a hunt for a "twisted" masked killer, with the trailer already hinting at their suspicion that "the killer lives among" the local residents.Speaking at the ITV Showcase event earlier this year, Laura revealed: "I play DI Monica Kennedy and I'm trying to find a serial killer in the Highlands of Scotland.."Scotland is kind of a leading character and that was actually a huge part of what attracted me to it because I've spent a lot of time in Scotland..‌"I went to drama school in Scotland, and most of my family lives in Scotland, even though none of us are from there, and when you get up around that landscape it's all very, very evocative and it is it's own atmosphere, reports the Daily Record. I just thought that mixed with the subject matter would create something that a really cosy evening viewing."First look photographs provide a glimpse of DI Kennedy as she launches into an intense cat and mouse pursuit of a twisted serial killer across the stunning Scottish countryside with her new colleague DC Crawford.‌Devastated mother Bethany Morgan (Helen Baxendale) is driven to breaking point when Kennedy turns up on her doorstep yet again with a case connected to her missing son.When the corpse of a young man is discovered chillingly arranged in the picturesque Scottish countryside, DI Kennedy fears this marks only the start of a horrifying spree that will tear through the heart of a rural community.‌As fear takes hold, suspicions and hidden truths are dragged into the open, and residents begin to comprehend that a serial killer is lurking in their midst.Drawing on her expertise in confronting the very worst of human nature, DI Kennedy rapidly finds herself embroiled in an intense game of cat and mouse with a calculating murderer.She alone has the power to halt this monster before he takes further lives. But as her own past begins to haunt her, she starts to doubt her own instincts. Could her own decisions prove the greatest threat to both herself and her family?Article continues belowThe Dark airs Sunday, July 12 at 9pm on ITV1 and ITVXChoose Daily Mirror as a 'Preferred Source' on Google News for quick access to the news you value.‌ITV