ITV's The Thief, His Wife and The Canoe writer responds to fan complaints over accents
ITV's The Thief, His Wife and The Canoe writer has hit back at fan complaints over the "insulting" accents used on the show.
However, despite fans praising Eddie and Monica's portrayal of John and Anne Darwin, some viewers were left confused during Sunday's opening episode as they complained over the "inaccurate" Hartlepool accents. “Here we go – Geordie accents because somehow the people of Hartlepool have Geordie accents,” another agreed.
"They were both born near Blackhall & over the next five decades lived and worked in Newcastle, Chester Le Street & Durham." In real life, the deception was to take its toll on Anne who lied to their sons, Mark and Anthony, for five years whilst her husband, in the early days of the fraud, secretly lived in a bedsit next door to the home he shared with Anne.
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