The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe: Anne Darwin ‘will be happy when ITV drama is over’

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Anne Darwin, the woman at the centre of ITV’s new drama The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe, allegedly “can’t understand what the fuss is” over the story. On Tuesday’s episode of This Morning on ITV, David Leigh – a journalist who reported on the story at the time and who co-wrote the book Out Of My Depth with Anne about her life – said that Anne is “obviously not enjoying this very much”. She obviously wishes this wasn’t happening, but she accepts she played a role in it and she understands to a degree the fascination from the British public.” Marsan and Dolan as the Darwins He said the story has been “running now for 15 years, and on it goes”, adding: “I think she’ll be happy when it’s over and she can just get on with her life and spend time with the boys.” Leigh said he has “a lot of sympathy” for Anne and said he believes she was “coerced” by John into going along with his plan. Plan auto-renews until cancelled Try for free Find out what’s fact and what’s fiction in the ITV drama and where the Darwins are now.