| The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe | |
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| Genre | Crime drama |
| Created by | Chris Lang |
| Based on | a memoir by David Leigh |
| Written by | Chris Lang |
| Directed by | Richard Laxton |
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| Music by | Harry Escott Ben Pearson |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 4 |
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| Executive producers |
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| Producer | Alison Sterling |
| Production locations | Hartlepool[1] Walthamstow[1] Seaton Carew[1] Middlesbrough[1] |
| Cinematography | Sergio Delgado Hermes Marco |
| Editors | Barry Moen James Taylor |
| Production companies | Story Films ITV |
| Original release | |
| Network | ITV |
| Release | 17 April – 20 April 2022 |
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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]
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- ^ Lawson, Mark (15 April 2022). "Death, fraud and canoes: how a mind-blowing insurance scam became an ITV drama". The Guardian.