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Episode 16 April 2022

It was the story that gripped a nation. \n\nJohn Darwin was a real life Reggie Perrin who faked his death to fund a better life, disappearing at sea in a canoe, while his wife, Anne, played the grieving widow. Even the couple's sons were fooled.\n\nThis compelling drama documentary has collaboration from the journalist who had exclusive access to Anne Darwin in the vital few days before her arrest and to whom she confessed all.\n\nAs the story unraveled in the glare of the media spotlight, Anne Darwin desperately tried to keep the lie intact. \n\nThis unique telling of this extraordinary tale uses as its basis the three very different versions of the story Anne Darwin told to try and fool the press and the police.

Source: BBC 4