Dark Heart (TV series)

Dark Heart
Genre Crime drama
Written by Chris Lang
Directed by Colin Teague
Starring Tom Riley
Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
Tom Brooke
Anjli Mohindra
Charlotte Riley
Miranda Raison
Christopher Fulford
Composer(s) Dan Jones
Country of origin United Kingdom
Original language(s) English
No. of series 1
No. of episodes 1 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s) Kate Bartlett
Michael Dawson
Producer(s) Chris Clough
Cinematography Sam McCurdy
Editor(s) Phil Hookway
Running time 100 minutes (2016)
45 minutes (2018—)
Production company(s) Silverprint Pictures
Distributor ITV Studios
Release
Original network ITV Encore, ITV
Picture format 16:9
Audio format Stereo
Original release 9 November 2016 (2016-11-09) – present

Dark Heart is a British television crime drama series, based on the Will Wagstaffe novels by writer Adam Creed, that first broadcast on 9 November 2016.[1] The series stars Tom Riley as DI Will Wagstaffe, a police detective haunted by the unsolved double murder of his parents when he was just sixteen years old.[2] The series co-stars Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Tom Brooke, Anjli Mohindra, Charlotte Riley and Miranda Raison. A single feature-length pilot, based on the novel Suffer the Children, was written by Chris Lang and directed by Colin Teague. It first broadcast on ITV Encore on 9 November 2016.[3]

Following strong audience reception, a series of six hour-long episodes was commissioned in December 2017, with filming set to begin in Spring 2018. Lang will provide scripts for four of the episodes, alongside Ben Harris, who will provide scripts for the remaining two. Teague will return as director. Due to the impending closure of ITV Encore in March 2018, the series will transmit on the main ITV network, alongside a number of other projects originally set for broadcast on Encore.[4]

Cast

Episodes

Pilot (2016)

No.TitleDirected byWritten byBritish air dateUK viewers (million)
1"Suffer the Children"Colin TeagueChris Lang9 November 2016 (2016-11-09)0.129[6]

Ray Collins (Mark Fleischmann), a man in his mid thirties, is found tied to his own bed, choked and severely mutilated. As DI Will Wagstaffe (Tom Riley) and his team investigate further, they learn Collins was arrested two and a half years ago on suspicion of sexual assault of his own daughters, Holly and Jasmine, who were just nine and eleven at the time. Although he was remanded in custody for three weeks, there wasn’t sufficient evidence and he was later released from custody. As Will and his team delve deeper, they speak to Collins’ ex-wife, Debbie (Simone Kirby). She admits she is relieved to hear of his death; grateful that no other child will go through what hers did.

Soon after Collins’ death, a lawyer, Guy Dawlish (Nicholas Asbury), is brutally attacked. The style of attack is similar to the way in which Collins was killed – he was tied to his bed using knots that are exactly the same as the ones used to restrain Collins. However, the similarity doesn’t end there. Dawlish was arrested two years ago following allegations of child sex abuse. There was insufficient evidence so he wasn’t charged. With two unconvicted paedophiles attacked within days of each other, Will fears this could be just the start.

References

  1. ↑ "ITV Media - Dark Heart". Itvmedia.co.uk. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  2. ↑ "Tom Riley stars in brand new ITV Encore crime thriller Dark Heart". Itv.com. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  3. ↑ "New ITV Encore drama Dark Heart is 'brutal' says its star Tom Riley". Whatsontv.com. 6 November 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  4. ↑ "ITV recommissions crime thriller Dark Heart starring Tom Riley". Itv.com. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  5. ↑ "Dark Heart" Episode #1.4 (TV Episode 2018), retrieved 2018-07-14
  6. ↑ "Weekly top 10 programmes - BARB". Barb.co.uk. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
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