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Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo: ‘I’ve never heard us described as an island of joy before!’

Radio’s odd couple take questions from actors, directors and Observer readers about optimism, the films they disagree on – and biscuits

The Guardian - UK

The week in TV: Better Call Saul; Russian Doll; The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe; Chivalry

Savour every moment as Saul Goodman and co play out the endgame of Breaking Bad’s superior prequel. Elsewhere, Sarah Solemani and Steve Coogan’s Hollywood-set take on cancel culture ticks all the right boxes

The Guardian - UK

'He thought he deserved better' - Journalist who worked with John Darwin on the real 'canoe man'

It comes as the ITV drama The Thief, His Wife, and The Canoe concluded this week

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The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe fans fury over 'pitch black' John Darwin show

ITV's latest drama The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe centres on the infamous case of John Darwin, who faked his own death in a kayak accident to claim a life insurance policy

Daily Mirror

The Thief, His Wife and The Canoe viewers can't get over Karl Pilkington's role in drama

Ricky Gervais' pal and notorious grump was acting in the new ITV drama

Wales Online

Where canoe man John Darwin's sons are now after father faked his own death

John Darwin had faked his own death in 2002 after a staged canoeing accident, with wife Anne Darwin the only one who knew what had happened, leaving their sons believing their father had died.

Edinburgh Live

John and Anne Darwin's sons now - Disowning, pain and split forgiveness

Canoe man John Darwin faked his own death and his former wife lied to their sons, Mark and Anthony, leading them to believe their father died in a tragic accident.

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The Thief, His Wife and The Canoe: Where are the Darwins' sons now and did they ever forgive their dad?

The couple's two sons were never told about the fake death of their father

Manchester Evening News

Where are John and Anne Darwin's sons now? ITV The Thief, His Wife and The Canoe

Anne and John Darwin lied to their sons Anthony and Mark to claim life insurance

Liverpool Echo

‘Insulting!’: viewers criticise accents in ‘canoe man’ drama

Writer of The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe forced to defend characters’ accents after social media criticism

The Guardian - UK

Anne Darwin now - life after canoe man, new beginnings and sons' forgiveness

Anne Darwin's life has gone down a different route to her ex husband John following his 'fake death' scandal, now the subject of ITV show The Thief, His Wife and The Canoe.

Daily Record

How were John and Anne Darwin caught? Scam exposed by one 'stupid' moment and Google search

John and Anne Darwin ended up behind bars after their appalling 'fake death' scam was eventually rumbled

Chronicle Live

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

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Edinburgh Live

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.

Manchester Evening News

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

Wales Online

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

The Guardian - UK

The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe review – an unforgettable tale of marital muppets

Why would you go along with your husband’s plan to fake his death and live behind a wardrobe? This droll, laughter-chasing dramatisation of a real-life insurance scam tries to explain it

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The Independent UK

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

Daily Mirror

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

Canoe Man cop says John Darwin made one fatal error before claiming amnesia

The Thief, His Wife and The Canoe was inspired by a book of the same name, co-written by Tony Hutchinson, a former Cleveland detective who investigated the Darwins

Daily Mirror

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

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

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

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

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