BBC drama "The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe"
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"The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe" is a BBC drama series that dramatizes the real-life insurance fraud and faked death plot orchestrated by British ex-teacher and prison officer John Darwin and his wife.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
British television drama
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television series → true crime drama → |
| basedOn |
John Darwin disappearance case
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faked death plot → real-life insurance fraud → |
| broadcastFormat |
four-part drama
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| countryOfOrigin |
United Kingdom
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| depicts |
faked death
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insurance fraud → staged canoe accident → |
| distribution |
British television
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| firstBroadcastOn |
ITV
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| format |
miniseries
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| genre |
crime drama
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drama → |
| hasRealWorldEventAsSubject |
John Darwin canoe disappearance
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| hasRealWorldPersonAsSubject |
Anne Darwin
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John Darwin → |
| mainCharacter |
Anne Darwin
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John Darwin → |
| medium |
television
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| narrativeFocus |
the perspective of the wife
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| numberOfEpisodes |
4
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| numberOfSeasons |
1
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| numberOfSeries |
1
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| originalLanguage |
English
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| originallyAiredAs |
consecutive nightly episodes
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| originalNetwork |
ITV
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| portrays |
Anne Darwin
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John Darwin → early 2000s Britain → police investigation → tabloid press coverage → |
| portraysConsequence |
criminal trial
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imprisonment of Anne Darwin → imprisonment of John Darwin → |
| productionCompany |
Story Films
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| releaseDecade |
2020s
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| settingLocation |
County Durham
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Panama → Seaton Carew → |
| subject |
financial desperation
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marital complicity in crime → media scandal → |
| targetAudience |
adult viewers
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| titleRefersTo |
the canoe used in the staged accident
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the husband as the thief → the wife as accomplice → |
Referenced by (1)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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John Darwin (civil servant)
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