Viewers tuning into ITV real-life drama The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe were left in a state of shock after spotting a familiar face on the prime-time show
To the audience’s surprise, An Idiot Abroad star Karl Pilkington appeared as a detective quizzing the fraudulent Darwins. People who were still in doubt were shocked to learn, following the show’s end credits, that Pilkington had indeed played DC Phil Bayley.
Viewers immediately reacted with one tweeter writing: "I’m still expecting Karl Pilkington to say B******* any second." Meanwhile, others emphasised how Pilkington’s appearance was a complete surprise and that they ‘didn’t see it coming’.
