of John and Anne Darwin was dramatised in the BBC Four programme Canoe Man in 2010. The film starred Bernard Hill and Saskia Reeves as John and Anne Darwin, respectively. Musician Martin Gordon documented the story with the song "Panama" from his 2009 release Time Gentlemen Please. In fiction, it inspired a 2009 novel by Adrian Gere called Return from the Dead, and a 2010 storyline in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street saw the character Joe McIntyre attempt the same thing. In 2015, it was mentioned in the BBC soap opera EastEnders when it was revealed that the character Kathy Beale and her husband faked their deaths in South Africa for insurance payouts. The song "Simian Son" by Jez Lowe concerning incidents in Hartlepool references the incident. The 2018 novel Let Me Lie by Clare Mackintosh, in which a husband and wife apparently commit suicide, was inspired by John Darwin. In October 2021, Wondery released a podcast exploring the disappearance of John Darwin. The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe, a dramatisation written by Chris Lang without any cooperation from the Darwin family, and with Eddie Marsan and Monica Dolan in the title roles, was shown on ITV in April 2022. See also List of solved missing person cases Notes References 2002 crimes in the United Kingdom 2002 in England March 2002 events in the United Kingdom 2000s missing person cases Missing person cases in England Barclays English fraudsters Formerly missing people Fraud in England Hoaxes in the United Kingdom Insurance fraud Living people People from Hartlepool People who faked their own death Prison officers Schoolteachers from County Durham Science teachers Year of birth missing (living people)