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Viewers hit out at the accents in the show as ‘genuinely insulting’

John and Anne Darwin ended up behind bars after their appalling 'fake death' scam was eventually rumbled

The new ITV drama depicts the story of Hartlepool couple John and Anne Darwin, who committed fraud to claim on life insurance in 2002

Viewers were taken aback as they spotted a problem with the new show

The new ITV drama depicts the story of John and Anne Darwin

A handful of viewers took to social media to voice their complaints while watching ITV's latest drama on Sunday night

John is the subject of new ITV show The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe - and here's where he is now

The new ITV drama about John Darwin, known as 'Canoe Man' after he faked his own death in 2002, aired on Easter Sunday. But viewers from Hartlepool, which is where the story unfolded, were baffled by the actors' attempts at their regional accent

The 71-year-old fraudster faked his own death back in 2002 in a dishonest plot with ex-wife Anne Darwin, who played the grieving widow and helped him collect his £250,000 life insurance policy.