The Thief, His Wife and The Canoe launches on ITV on Sunday night, with the scandal of 'canoe man' John Drawin thrust back into the public arena in a new primetime drama.
It's been 20 years since the story of the man who went 'missing' after paddling out to sea close to his home in Seaton Carew hit the headlines. The alarm was raised after John failed to return turn up for work at Holme House, Prison, Stockton but, rather than being missing presumed dead, John was very much still alive and being hidden right under the noses of the couple's own sons, with Anne fully in on the wicked fraud scheme, conjured up about the Darwins found themselves in substantial debt.
A wide spread search went on for some time, before being called off with John presumed dead. Six months after his 'disappearance,' Anne said: "All I want is to bury his body. It would enable me to move on. It’s difficult to grieve without bringing things to a close but as it is, I’m in limbo.”
