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17 apr 2022 · Now, 10 years on from John’s initial “disappearance”, ITV is dramatising the story in a new four-part series The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe, with Eddie Marsan and Monica Dolan playing the ...
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- Ellie Harrison
Deceit: With Niamh Algar, Eddie Marsan, Harry Treadaway, Rochenda Sandall. Follows the true story of a controversial honeytrap at the heart of the 1992 police investigation into the murder of a young mother in London.
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- 2021-08-13
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- Is Deceit Based on A True Story?
- Who Was Undercover Officer 'Lizzie James' and Where Is She Now?
- Is The Office Sexism in Deceit Based on Real Life?
- Who Murdered Rachel Nickell?
Yes, Channel 4 drama Deceit is inspired by a real-life undercover honeytrap operation, known at the time as Operation Edzell. The drama is based on real events, extensive research, and interviews. The operation was at the heart of the high-pressure police investigation into the devastating murder of 23-year-old Rachel Nickell on 15th July 1992. Nic...
'Lizzie James' (codename) was an undercover police officer who was tasked with forming a relationship with Colin Stagg, who at the time was the main suspect in the investigation into Rachel Nickell's murder. As writer Emilia di Girolamo writes for RadioTimes.com, 'Lizzie James' was asked to become sexual bait, and was "styled, coached and given a b...
While we can't know about the experiences of the real 'Lizzie James', the Channel 4 drama Deceit is set against the backdrop of 'lad culture', and grounded in "the complicated and toxic sexual politics of the early ‘90s," according to the synopsis. Speaking to RadioTimes.com and other press, Niamh Algar describes the "familiar" everyday sexism that...
Rachel Nickell's true killer was Robert Napper, who "had long-standing mental health issues rooted in the trauma of his own childhood, which are believed to have culminated in more than a hundred violent sexual attacks on women and three horrific murders," says Deceit screenwriter Emilia di Girolamo. She adds: "Catastrophic and systematic police fa...
- Flora Carr
7 apr 2022 · The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe on ITV: the unbelievable true story of John and Anne Darwin. The wild tale of how ‘canoe man’ John Darwin faked his death for an insurance payout is now the ...
15 apr 2022 · This was just the start of an extraordinary true story that made headlines around the world, and now has inspired the ITV drama series The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe, which begins this weekend.
Here, stars Eddie Marsan and Monica Dolan and writer Chris Lang (Unforgotten) share everything you need to know about the darkly comic series that provides insight into the fantastical world of John and Anne Darwin, who had their world turned upside down when John turned a canoe upside down.
13 apr 2022 · ITV’s new drama, The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe, is the amazing true story of how John Darwin faked his own disappearance in an insurance scam by paddling off the coast of County Durham in ...
