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{{short description|British crime drama series}}
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| genre                = [[Crime drama]]
| creator              = [[Chris Lang]]
| based_on             = a memoir by David Leigh
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| writer               = Chris Lang
| director             = Richard Laxton
| starring             = {{plainlist|
*[[Eddie Marsan]]
*[[Monica Dolan]]
*[[Mark Stanley]]
*Dominic Applewhite
*[[Karl Pilkington]]
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| executive_producer   = {{Plainlist|
*Chris Lang
*David Nath
*Sofia Noronha
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| producer             = Alison Sterling
| music          = Harry Escott <br> Ben Pearson
| cinematography           = Sergio Delgado <br> Hermes Marco
| editor                   = Barry Moen<br>James Taylor
| country              = United Kingdom
| location             = [[Hartlepool]]<ref name="loc"/> <br> [[Walthamstow]]<ref name="loc"/> <br> [[Seaton Carew]]<ref name="loc"/> <br> [[Middlesbrough]]<ref name="loc"/>
| language             = English
| num_seasons          = 1
| num_episodes         = 4
| company = Story Films<br>[[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]
| channel              = [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]
| first_aired          = {{Start date|df=y|2022|4|17}}
| last_aired           = {{End date|df=y|2022|4|20}}
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'''''The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe''''' is an [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] [[television drama]] series that was first broadcast on 17 April 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/thief-wife-canoe-release-date/|title=The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe release date: Cast and latest news|website=Radio Times}}</ref> 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 death|faked his own death]] in a canoeing accident, and reappeared five and a half years after he was believed to have died.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Death, fraud and canoes: how a mind-blowing insurance scam became an ITV drama |last=Lawson |first=Mark |newspaper=The Guardian |date=15 April 2022 |url= https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/apr/15/john-darwin-the-thief-his-wife-and-the-canoe-insurance-scam-itv-drama}}</ref>
==Cast==
*[[Eddie Marsan]] as John Darwin
*[[Monica Dolan]] as Anne Darwin
*[[Mark Stanley]] as Mark Darwin
*Dominic Applewhite as Anthony Darwin
*[[Karl Pilkington]] as DC Phil Bayley
==Production==
[[Hartlepool]], [[Walthamstow]], [[Seaton Carew]] and [[Middlesbrough]] were used as filming locations.<ref name="loc">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/20081536.north-east-filming-locations-thief-wife-canoe/|title=Where was The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe filmed? North East locations listed|website=The Northern Echo}}</ref>
==Episodes==
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|Title = 1.1
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|4|17|df=y}}
|DirectedBy = Richard Laxton
|WrittenBy = [[Chris Lang]]
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 2
|Title = 1.2
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|4|18|df=y}}
|DirectedBy = Richard Laxton
|WrittenBy = [[Chris Lang]]
|Aux4 = 9.23
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 3
|Title = 1.3
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|4|19|df=y}}
|DirectedBy = Richard Laxton
|WrittenBy = [[Chris Lang]]
|Aux4 = 8.62
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 4
|Title = 1.4
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|4|20|df=y}}
|DirectedBy = Richard Laxton
|WrittenBy = [[Chris Lang]]
|Aux4 = 8.81
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==Reception==
Stuart Jeffries for ''[[The Guardian]]'' gave the series four out of five stars.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/apr/17/the-thief-his-wife-and-the-canoe-review-real-life-insurance-scam-drama|title=The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe review – an unforgettable tale of marital muppets|date=17 April 2022|website=the Guardian}}</ref>
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* {{IMDb title|14183410}}
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[[Category:2020s British drama television series]]
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