Monica Dolan continued to film scenes as John Darwin s wife Anne on Tuesday as she feigned grief as she threw a wreath into the sea on the set of the ITV drama.
The four-part TV show is set to depict Anne s involvement in her husband s deception by faking his death in a canoeing incident in a bid to cash in on their life insurance.
Monica could be seen being comforted by her onITV adaption, The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe which was filmed in Hartlepool, County Durham.
Faking it: Monica Dolan continued to film scenes as conman John Darwin s wife Anne as she feigned grief and threw a wreath into the sea on set of ITV drama, The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe in Hartlepool on Tuesday
Eddie Marsan gets into the festive spirit with a Santa hat and champagne to play conman John Darwin during filming for ITV drama with on-screen wife Monica Dolan
The actor, 52, stars as conman John Darwin, the fraudster who faked his own death by going missing while canoeing off the coast of Seaton Carew in 2002
Monica Dolan, 52, plays Darwin s wife Anne, who became complicit in his con to claim a life insurance payment
They eventually decided to leave Seaton Carew and move to Panama City to start a new life together before their secret was exposed in July 2006
John was ordered to serve six years and three months in prison while his wife, who police described as a compulsive liar, got six years and six months
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John Simm will return as Brighton-based Detective Superintendent Roy Grace, for a second series of ITV crime drama, Grace.
From acclaimed screenwriter and Endeavour creator, Russell Lewis, Grace is an adaption of international, bestselling author Peter James’ award winning novels.
Co-starring Richie Campbell as DS Glenn Branson and Rakie Ayola as ACC Vosper, the first Grace film Dead Simple which aired on ITV last month achieved consolidated ratings of 8.8m viewers.
The second series of Grace, produced by Second Act Productions, Tall Story Pictures, both part of ITV Studios, and Vaudeville Productions, will comprise three 120 minute films; Not Dead Enough, Dead Man’s Footsteps and Dead Tomorrow.
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ITV commissions a second series of contemporary detective drama, Grace
John Simm will return as Brighton-based Detective Superintendent Roy Grace, for a second series of ITV crime drama, Grace.
From acclaimed screenwriter and Endeavour creator, Russell Lewis, Grace is an adaption of international, bestselling author Peter James’ award winning novels.
Co-starring Richie Campbell as DS Glenn Branson and Rakie Ayola as ACC Vosper, the first Grace film Dead Simple which aired on ITV last month achieved consolidated ratings of 8.8m viewers.
The second series of Grace, produced by Second Act Productions, Tall Story Pictures, both part of ITV Studios, and Vaudeville Productions, will comprise three 120 minute films; Not Dead Enough, Dead Man’s Footsteps and Dead Tomorrow.