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HISTORICAL FACTS: 3 - Caught on Camera

Canoe fraudster John Darwin now living totally different life after faking own death

John is the subject of new ITV show The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe - and here's where he is now

Daily Record

The Thief, His Wife and The Canoe viewers slam actors over 'insulting' accent fail

The new ITV drama about John Darwin, known as 'Canoe Man' after he faked his own death in 2002, aired on Easter Sunday. But viewers from Hartlepool, which is where the story unfolded, were baffled by the actors' attempts at their regional accent

Daily Mirror

Where is John Darwin now - canoe man living new life abroad with young wife

The 71-year-old fraudster faked his own death back in 2002 in a dishonest plot with ex-wife Anne Darwin, who played the grieving widow and helped him collect his £250,000 life insurance policy.

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ITV's The Thief, His Wife and The Canoe hits back after viewers spot 'insulting' problem

Viewers tuned in to watch the gripping new drama that depicts the real-life story of John and Anne Darwin

Manchester Evening News

Canoe man 'nearly spotted gardening' when he was pretending to be dead

John Darwin and his wife were handed more than six years behind bars for the fraud

Wales Online

ITV viewers spot problem with The Thief His Wife and the Canoe

Some viewers were taken aback by the accents in the first episode

Liverpool Echo

The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe review: Did the story of the ‘Canoe Man’ really need to leave us this depressed?

The juxtaposition of a ludicrous crime with a gritty depiction of a manipulative, controlling relationship doesn’t work: it leaves both sides of that drama feeling oddly unsatisfying

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Canoe man John Darwin nearly blew own cover when seen gardening after faking death

John Darwin was so cocky about not being recognised in his disguise of a beard and a hat - while his sons mourned him, he would potter around in the garden

Daily Mirror

What happened to John Darwin and his wife and where are they now?

The barely believable true story of how former prison officer John Darwin faked his own death in a canoe accident is being retold in an ITV drama. Here's what happened to John and his wife Anne after their release from prison...

Manchester Evening News

Where are John Darwin and his wife Anne now? ITV The Thief, His Wife and The Canoe

John and Anne Darwin's prison sentence and what they are doing now

Liverpool Echo

What happened to Anne Darwin? Canoe man John wife's life after prison - divorce and tell-all book

Anne Darwin, the wife of 'canoe man' John, has her past revisited in ITV's The Thief, His Wife and The Canoe

Chronicle Live

The Thief, His Wife and The Canoe cast as John Darwin scandal becomes ITV drama

The Thief, His Wife and The Canoe launches on ITV on Sunday night, decades after John and Anne Darwin made headlines

Chronicle Live

The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe: What is fact and what is fiction in the ITV drama?

The events of the series are so bizarre they seem implausible – here’s the true story the drama is based on

The Independent UK

Inside life of 'Canoe Man' John Darwin's ex-wife - from fake death to pension scam

John Darwin faked his own death at sea in 2002 and hid in a secret room at home while wife Anne made a fortune in a life insurance and pension scam. Their story is told in a new TV drama

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The Guardian - UK

Death, fraud and canoes: how a mind-blowing insurance scam became an ITV drama

John Darwin pretended to die at sea – then spent years in a secret room in his house while his sons mourned. As The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe brings the caper to TV, its creator and star talk crime, coercion … and dentures

Liverpool Echo

'Canoe Man' claimed £250,000 on life insurance after faking his own death

John Darwin was reported 'missing' after failing to turn up to work

The Guardian - UK

‘In France, I’d be a sex symbol’: Eddie Marsan on looks, lucky breaks and playing angry men

Over a bowl of chips in a local café, actor Eddie Marsan revels in his East End culture, and the challenges of finding a human side to aggressive male characters

Daily Mirror

The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe: ITV drop teaser clip for death faker John Darwin drama

The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe tells the tale of Hartlepool fraudsters Anne and John Darwin, who shocked the nation after faking his death to secure insurance money to pay off debts

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Wales Online

The Thief, His Wife and The Canoe: When is the ITV drama on TV?

There's finally a date for the long-teased real-life ITV drama

Chronicle Live

Canoe fraudster John Darwin spotted shopping in Philippines ahead of new ITV drama

John Darwin notoriously plotted with his first wife Anne to swindle nearly £700,000

Wales Online

Man who faked his own death in canoe spotted in Philippines ahead of ITV drama airing

John Darwin notoriously plotted with his first wife Anne to swindle nearly £700,000

Daily Mirror

Canoe man John Darwin tracked down to aptly named 'Wilcon' store in Philippines

Fraudster John Darwin, who plotted with first wife Anne to fake his own death in the North Sea using a canoe in 2002, may now cash in as a TV series depicts his crime

Daily Mirror

'Canoe Man' John Darwin 'on his way' to fight in Ukraine according to his wife

As as a new ITV drama based on the life of 71-year-old fraudster 'Canoe Man' John Darwin hits our screens, Mercy Mae Avila Darwin, 48, said his presence in Ukraine would be 'dangerous for the Russian when he shoot them'

Chronicle Live

One of John Darwin's sons sneaked onto set of new ITV show about canoe fraud couple 'in disguise'

The new ITV show is about the fake death fraud and is called The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe

Liverpool Echo

ITV canoe couple drama to tell story of fraud and family fallout

The pair faked John Darwin's death for financial gain without telling their sons

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