The Thief, his wife and the Canoe - ITV

[Millennial Pink]

Watching the documentary that aired after it, John didn't even seem to have a Northern accent at all though Anne did, it wasn't a Teesside accent (she spoke like my Aunty from Durham). However the police and the prison officers had strong Teesside accents so it would have been nice for that to be reflected in the show. Their accents were so generic it could have been set anywhere!

Yeah, I watched a bit of that. John's accent is what I'd describe as 'drifting' and Anne's is more County Durham. The actress playing her was doing something odd with 'i' vowels that I've never heard anywhere in the north east before. She was apparently born in Boro

 

[Who Knows?WhoCares?]

This is on my to-watch list.

There is an excellent series of the British Scandal podcast which covers this too!

 

[ElectricDreams]

I'm enjoying the documentary on tonight. Despite being from the area I don't really remember much about it when it actually happened.

 

[Chunkeylaydee]

The BBC has a show about this out too - why are there two out at exactly the same time?

Ooh what’s it called

 

[petitspois]

The BBC has a show about this out too - why are there two out at exactly the same time?

 

[petitspois]

If you mean the one that was shown on BBC 4 the other night, that’s from around ten years ago. I think they showed it again to capitalise in the interest from the itv version.

Ah right, thanks