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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 4 - Caught on Camera

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

Daily Mirror

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

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'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

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How many episodes of The Thief, His Wife and The Canoe are there? ITV launch John Darwin drama

ITV are pinning hopes on The Thief, His Wife and The Canoe being a big ratings hit after they launched the John Darwin drama

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ITV's The Thief, His Wife and The Canoe set for ratings battle as it takes on hit BBC dramas

ITV launch 'canoe man' John Darwin drama The Thief, His Wife and The Canoe against two hit BBC dramas on Easter Sunday and Monday

Chronicle Live

ITV's The Thief, His Wife and Canoe first look leaves viewers making prediction on John Darwin drama

ITV have put out a teaser for much anticipated new drama The Thief, His Wife and The Canoe ahead of its debut

Chronicle Live

‘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

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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

Daily Mirror

Mirror HQ recreated for new ITV drama 'Canoe Man' on back-from-the-dead John Darwin

The four-part drama, The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe, tells the incredible story of fraudster John Darwin who faked his death at sea in 2002

Daily Mirror

ITV's The Thief, His Wife and The Canoe gets start date as John Darwin scandal turned into drama

ITV have now confirmed the start date for John Darwin inspired drama The Thief, His Wife and The Canoe

Chronicle Live

The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe on ITV: the unbelievable true story of John and Anne Darwin

The wild tale of how ‘canoe man’ John Darwin faked his death for an insurance payout is now the subject of an ITV drama

Evening Standard

'Canoe Man' restaurant to change name over fears it glorifies his fraudulent crimes

A restaurant named after Canoe Man John Darwin in his hometown of Seaton Carew, Co Durham, is set to change its name over fears it glorifies the fraudster who faked his own death

Daily Mirror

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

Chronicle Live

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

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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

'Dominic Raab must take the blame for the fiasco of Baby P's mum being given parole'

We now smell not just a whiff of hypocrisy but an overpowering stench of it and as so often with the Tories, they talk tough on crime, only to go weak on the causes of it.

Chronicle Live

John Darwin almost killed himself for real after faking his own death in canoeing accident

In his unpublished memoir, John Darwin said he "could have been swept away and died"

Daily Mirror

'Canoe man' John Darwin almost killed himself for REAL in bid to fake his death

Fraudster John Darwin wrote his memoirs while in jail for a £500,000 life insurance fraud - he revealed he actually nearly did kill himself for real 'without meaning to' when he pretended to vanish in his kayak

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'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

Wales Online

TV drama of canoe couple's story hopes to bring theme of forgiveness

When John and Anne Darwin fooled the world, and their sons, into thinking he had died in the North Sea, it was one of the UK’s most shocking crimes

Irish Mirror

Eddie Marsan and Monica Dolan reveal John Darwin's son sneaked onto set of new ITV show

Actors Eddie Marsan and Monica Dolan have shared that the son of John Darwin appeared on set of new ITV show about his father while dressed in disguise

Wales Online

ITV The Thief, His Wife and The Canoe: What's it about, when's it on and who's in the cast?

The real-life drama documents an unbelievable story

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