Dark Angel
GenreCrime drama
Thriller
Based onMary Ann Cotton: Britain's First Female Serial Killer
by David Wilson
Written byGwyneth Hughes
Directed byBrian Percival
Starring
Theme music composerMichael J McEvoy
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes3
Production
Executive producerGwyneth Hughes
ProducerJake Lushington
Running time180 minutes (inc. advertisements)
Production companyWorld Productions
Original release
NetworkITV
Release31 October (2016-10-31) –
7 November 2016 (2016-11-07)

Dark Angel is a British three-part television drama miniseries, based on the adaptation of the book Mary Ann Cotton: Britain's First Female Serial Killer by David Wilson.[1] The series was broadcast on 31 October and 7 November 2016, and starred Joanne Froggatt as protagonist Mary Ann Cotton, widely regarded as Britain's first known female serial killer, who was found guilty of murder in March 1873 for the murder of three of her husbands, allegedly in order to collect on their insurance policies.[2] The series was produced by World Productions and distributed by Endemol Shine.[3][4]

The series co-starred Alun Armstrong as Mary Ann's step-father, George Stott, and Jonas Armstrong as her main love interest, Joe Nattrass. Penny Layden, Laura Morgan, Sam Hoare, and Emma Fielding also took starring roles in the two-part drama.[citation needed]

Production

In July 2015, production and filming began on Dark Angel,[5][6] starring Joanne Froggatt of Downton Abbey as Mary Ann Cotton. Alun Armstrong, Jonas Armstrong and Emma Fielding also had roles in the series.[7] Inspired by the book Mary Ann Cotton: Britain's First Female Serial Killer, the drama used writer David Wilson as a consultant during the script-writing stage. The drama is the seventh in a series of ITV mini-series featuring notorious British murder cases of the past two centuries, following on from This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper (2000), Shipman (2002), A Is for Acid (2002), The Brides in the Bath (2003), See No Evil: The Moors Murders (2006), and Appropriate Adult (2011). It was followed by an eighth ITV mini-series entitled White House Farm and a ninth entitled Des (both 2020).[8]

Cast

Recurring characters

Minor characters

References

  1. ^ Griffiths, Eleanor Bley (7 November 2016). "Meet the cast of ITV's Dark Angel". Radio Times. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  2. ^ "Joanne Froggatt to star in new ITV drama Dark Angel". ITV Press Centre. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  3. ^ "Dark Angel". Press Centre. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  4. ^ Productions, World. "Dark Angel - World Productions". World Productions. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  5. ^ Hodgson, Barbara (26 August 2015). "ITV drama about Durham serial killer Mary Ann Cotton called 'Dark Angel' starts filming". Chronicle Live. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  6. ^ Armstrong, Neil (31 October 2016). "Dark Angel: the gruesome true story of Mary Ann Cotton, Britain's first serial killer". The Telegraph. telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  7. ^ "Dark Angel". imdb.com. 1 January 2000. Retrieved 31 October 2016 – via IMDb.
  8. ^ "ITV commissions three part drama, Des - with David Tennant as Dennis Nilsen". ITV Press Center. 22 November 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2020.

External links

Gwyneth Hughes
ITV True Crime Dramas
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