The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe

The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe is an ITV television drama series that was first broadcast on 17 April 2022.

[2] Written by Chris Lang and directed by Richard Laxton, the programme dramatises the John Darwin disappearance case (2002-2007), where prison officer and teacher John Darwin faked his own death in a canoeing accident, and reappeared five and a half years after he was believed to have died.

[3] Hartlepool, Walthamstow, Seaton Carew and Middlesbrough were used as filming locations.

[1] Stuart Jeffries for The Guardian gave the series four out of five stars.

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