Dark Heart

As the second week of filming the full series of Dark Heart in London was completed yesterday, behind the scenes photos have been kindly posted on social media by the cast and crew. Sadly Tom Riley hasn't shared any, and none of the others posted include Tom - I assume he didn't want any shared online. We have been lucky to get one photo of Tom, uploaded to Twitter here, as he filmed a scene on Friday 23rd March.

Tom Riley posted the above photo on Instagram today, as he started shooting Dark Heart for ITV today in London. 4 episodes of Dark Heart will be filmed during the 9 week shoot - the 6 part series ordered by ITV includes the 2016 pilot / stand alone episode . Tweets last week about people starting work on Dark Heart were for pre-shoot days, according to Tom on Twitter.

We know from Tom Riley and others on Instagram, that there was a cast read-through for ITV's crime thriller series Dark Heart last Friday, with a few interesting new cast members revealed. It seems poor Tom only gets to have a few days off after Dry Powder completed its run at the Hampstead Theatre, before filming starts on the 6 part series. According to writer Chris Lang on Twitter this morning, shooting begins tomorrow.

Tom Riley shared the above photo from the first cast read through for the new Dark Heart series, on Instagram today. Dark Heart was a 2 hour stand alone / pilot episode initially broadcast on ITV Encore in 2016. A 6 episode series was ordered by ITV, and filming begins this month.

While Tom was careful not to reveal any new cast members or too many details in his post, a couple of other actors posted similar photos on Twitter and Instagram, with interesting results... 

Fantastic news today for fans of Tom Riley in Dark Heart. ITV confirms that it has commissioned a new series of 6 hour long episodes. The new series begins filming in Spring 2018, I assume after Tom's next role in Dry Powder at the Hampstead Theatre ends, the play closes on March 3rd 2018.