The Thief, The Wife And The Canoe

THURSDAY, 8.30PM, FOXTEL BBC FIRST

This gritty UK drama made a name for itself across the pond after taking on the extraordinary real-life story of John Darwin, a prison officer who faked his own death only to reappear more than five years later. Starring Eddie Marsan (Ray Donovan, Ridley Road) and Monica

Dolan (The Dig, Cyrano), the four-part series is told from the point of view of his wife and accomplice, Anne, who played the grieving widow while their sons had no idea that their father was hiding in an apartment next door.