The Thief, his wife and the Canoe - ITV

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I’m watching, and I don’t completely hate it, but I’m not convinced Anne was as innocent in all of this as she’d like us to believe. And whilst they were hardly the most glamorous couple in the world, they’ve made them (her, in particular) far more dowdy than they seemingly were.

And being from the north-east myself, I’m not impressed that they’ve consciously made everything look as run down as possible. I know Seaton Carew is hardly Venice Beach, but I’m not buying that their actual home made the house in Father Ted look flashy and modern. 🙄

It’s all a bit heavy handed in its portrayal of the frumpy, dim couple from a slummy northern backwater who were a bit too think and a bit too greedy.
 
Yeah, I don't think having her narrating it is a great idea - she's not really a victim and she went along with it all

I recommend the episodes of the British Scandal podcast that covered the case - they go into a lot more detail in the circumstances leading up to it and the police's point of view too, which is really interesting. It's a fascinating case but i'm not sure dramatising it gets that across well. I'll stick with it though and see
 
"Where are they now". He's on his way to fight in Ukraine apparently!

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Where is the 'Canoe Man' now? Darwin found love after divorcing wife

John Darwin has made a new life with a new wife in Manila after divorcing first wife Anne who taught herself IT in prison and is now set up near York with a job at the animal charity RSPCA.
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Article contains spoilers, obvs, since it's about the real life that the drama is based on.
 
I haven't watched any of this yet but remember the story well when it was in the news.
I was more appalled at the way they treated their sons than the actual fraud. How could they pretend and lie about the father being dead? What a ghastly thing to do to them.

The wife may have been controlled by her selfish husband to a certain extent but she still went along with it. Now he's apparently married to someone else so she lost the trust of her sons for nothing really.
 
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I've just put it on and the accents are annoying me already. The actors are doing Tyneside instead of a Teeside one. Why is this so hard for people to get right?

I'm sick of the 'grim up north' portrayal as well.
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I feel like the rest of the country see "The North" as one generic area where its a bit grim and we all talk like Geordies. It's like saying everyone from London has a Cockney accent.
I have to laugh whenever I travel up the A1/A19 and the road signs say "The North" as if it's just one place. When you're generally underrepresented on TV something like an accent seems more important than it probably is.
 
I think it’s ace. I’m really enjoying it. I vaguely remember the story from being a kid. It’s BONKERS. I can’t believe it’s a true story. I know it’s in part an imagining but the facts alone are bonkers!

Im from Yorkshire. I don’t care how the north is portrayed. Where I live is a beautiful part of the country & I thank my lucky stars I live here. I’d rather people thought it was tit so they don’t come here 😂 I know it’s lovely so the southerners keep on imagining it’s awful. My large 4 bed detached cost me £300,000. My in-laws live in a smaller house worth £750,000 in a similar area down south. Mad.
 
I went to the real Darwin house on Sunday, it's just next to the Staincliffe hotel if anyone is local (I live down road!!), I think the shots outside the house are up at Hartlepool Headland
 
I've watched the first 2 episodes and am enjoying it. He comes across as such a selfish bastard. Eddie Marsan is a good actor and I always like seeing him in a drama.

I do feel some sympathy for his wife but ultimately she did make the decision to go along with his plans, so its only a small amount of sympathy.

Apparently John was sentenced to six years and three months in prison for admitting deception by faking his own death, while Anne received six-and-a-half years behind bars for fraud so she ended up being in prison longer than him!

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John and Anne Darwin's sons now - disowning, suffering and split forgiveness

Canoe man John Darwin faked his own death and wife Anne Darwin lied to their heartbroken sons, Mark and Anthony, and one of them snuck onto the set of The Thief, his Wife and the Canoe
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