The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe (2022)
- Directed by
- Richard Laxton
- Genre
- crime drama film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Length
- 1 season, 4 episodes
- Rated
- 12
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 48 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A prison officer fakes his own death in a canoeing accident and disappears for five years. The series shows what happens to him and his wife as they try to keep their secret.
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What happens
The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe is an ITV television drama series that was first broadcast on 17 April 2022. 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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