‘Gone’ Finds a July Release Date on BritBox
BritBox finds 'Gone' a release date in mid-July 2026.
BritBox has set a premiere date for Gone*, the newest six-part ITV mystery series, starring Eve Myles (Torchwood) and David Morrissey (Sherwood) in a cat and mouse game between a dogged police investigator and her suspect.
(*Not to be confused with the Irish-New Zealand series The Gone.)
Myles stars as DS Annie Cassidy, her third major role as a series’ lead detective since 2020 and her second to cross the pond in the last year. Her turn as DCI Jeanette Kilburn in The Crow Girl debuted on Acorn TV in September 2025, in which she co-starred with Katherine Kelly and Dougray Scott, and is currently in development to return for a second season.
While Gone shares a similarly stacked cast alongside Myles, it looks more likely to be a standalone limited series, despite the series coming correct with an entire roster of police detectives. Inspired by the book To Hunt A Killer by former DSU Julie Mackay and ITV Crime Correspondent Robert Murphy, the new series finds Myles as an investigator digging into the disappearance of Sarah Polley, wife of the local school’s Headmaster Michael Polly.
Morrissey stars as Polly, the main suspect in the case, alongside Emma Appleton (The Killing Kind), who plays Michael and Sarah’s adult daughter, Alana, also a teacher at her father’s institution.
Here’s BritBox’s version of the synopsis:
Sarah Polly, a married music teacher from Bristol, has vanished. Minutes have turned into hours; hours into days. And yet her family have heard nothing. Her car keys are still in the dish by the front door, her mobile phone is still charging under the bed. It’s as if she’s simply walked out on her stable family home…Concerned, Sarah’s husband Michael Polly goes to the police. He speaks to Detective Julie Mckenzie. He is determined - insistent - that she finds out what has happened to his wife. Mckenzie promises him she will. But something in her gut tells her he is responsible.
The investigative team working with Cassidy is pretty substantial. Jennifer Macbeth (Grace) co-stars as DC Becky Hammond, Jodie McNee (The Marlow Murder Club) as DC Nira Barker, Oscar Batterham (A Spy Among Friends) as DC Duncan Carmoody, Peter McDonald (This Town) as DI Craig Stanhope, Arthur Hughes (Criminal Record) as DI Ivan Pemberley, Amy Marston (Operation Mincemeat) as boss DSU Daniella Laing, and Dorian Simpson (Bridgerton), as Sgt Andy Much.
The rest of the ensemble includes Rupert Evans (Moonflower Murders) as Rory Bowman, Elliot Cowan (The Jetty) as Stephen Sedgwick, Claire Goose (Dalgliesh) as Claire Sedgewick, Clare Higgins (Silent Witness) as Carol Bradley, and small-screen newcomers Tahmid Choudhury and Tom Pegler as James Bauri and Theo Dyce, respectively.
Eve Myles and David Morrissey in 'Gone' (BritBox)
The series was created and written by George Kay (Hijack), with authors Mackay and Murphy serving as consultants on the fictionalized series. Director Richard Laxton (Poldark) helmed all episodes, with Mark Hedges producing. Kay executive produces alongside Willow Grylls and Matt Sandford.
Gone will debut on Thursday, July 23, 2026, with three episodes on BritBox, followed by one episode a week through mid-August.
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