IN THE DARK starts tonight!

The first episode of In The Dark, the new four-part drama adapted by Bafta-winning writer Danny Brocklehurst from Mark Billingham's books, starts tonight at 9pm on BBC1.

As DI Helen Weeks grapples apprehensively with pregnancy, she is compelled to return to her loathed rural home town of Polesford, Derbyshire, with her partner and fellow detective Paul Hopkins. Two girls have been abducted and the man arrested is the husband of Helen's childhood best friend Linda Bates, who has been drawn into the centre of a media storm, while the local police force is under enormous pressure to get their man. But is he guilty?

The highly anticipated crime thriller is directed by Gilles Bannier, and features a host of UA talent, including cinematography by John Lee, editing (eps 1&2) by Hazel Baillie, costume design by Sarah Ryan, and stars Joey Batey and Ben Smith.