5.8 /10 1 Votes
3/5 The Telegraph Created by Katie Baxendale Directed by Dominic Leclerc First episode date 4 October 2015 Director Dominic Leclerc Program creator Katie Baxendale | 5.5/10 IMDb Genre Crime drama Written by Katie Baxendale Country of origin United Kingdom Final episode date 25 October 2015 Network BBC One | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Starring Anne-Marie Duff
Johnny Harris
Richard Rankin
Caroline Lee-Johnson
Luke Newberry
Leanne Best Similar The Crimson Field, The Syndicate, Burnistoun, Thirteen, In the Flesh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
From Darkness is a British psychological crime drama that premiered on BBC One on October 4, 2015. The series stars Anne-Marie Duff as former police officer Claire Church. A total of four episodes were broadcast. The series was both critically and commercially panned, leading to the likeliness of a second season materializing being very slim. A DVD of the complete series was released on November 9, 2015. Internationally, the series premiered in Australia on November 1, 2015, on BBC First.
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Plot
Claire Church (Anne-Marie Duff), a former police officer who moves away to the remote Western Isles in an attempt to escape the violent past that still haunts her, finds herself pulled back by her former lover and colleague DCI John Hind (Johnny Harris), and his new DS Anthony Boyce (Luke Newberry), into an investigation she thought she had left well behind. When two victims are uncovered beneath the murky depths of a Manchester building site, Hind links them to a serial killer whose identity has been discovered. Now, 17 years on, he appears to be killing again. But can Church and Hind piece together all of the clues - old and new - to finally discover the killer's identity?
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Reception
The series had a mixed reception from critics.
The List summarised their review: "We've walked this road too many times before. There's nothing blatantly wrong with From Darkness – it's well produced, the acting is uniformly good, the story intriguing – but after The Killing, The Bridge, even Shetland, it feels anonymous."
News site Metro said "Not a fan of police procedural dramas? Good, because this ain’t that. From Darkness is a character-driven tale of one women’s journey and resolve and it includes a bloody brilliant performance by Duff. It’s full of atmospheric music – the opening credits gave us chills alone – and perfectly placed flashbacks keeping you hooked on Claire’s story."
As of 1 September 2016, IMDb gives an aggregate score of 5.5/10.