With over 10 million viewers Chris Lang’s “The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe” was the 3rd most watched UK drama of 2022, and pick of the year in The Telegraph, New York Times and the BFI.
“Told over four gripping instalments, it’s a brilliantly told, well-acted piece of drama, which deftly navigates the high tension and ridiculousness of the true-life tale. Whether you know what happens in the end or not, this drama will have you questioning how they ever thought they could get away with it.
– Mandeep Kaur-Lakhan (BFI)
“Chris Lang, creator of the great cold-case series “Unforgotten,” switched things up in this fact-based mini-series for the British network ITV: Eddie Marsan plays a man who fakes his own death for insurance purposes, hoping his case will go cold. Marsan is good as the scammer, but the undersung British actress Monica Dolan is great as his wife, who has to play the grieving widow to the police, the insurance company and their own sons while still dealing with her narcissistic husband, who moves into the empty flat next door.”
– New York Times