6.8 /10 1 Votes
Genre Crime drama • Thriller Theme music composer Michael J McEvoy First episode date 31 October 2016 Number of episodes 2 Executive producer Gwyneth Hughes Networks ITV, STV, UTV | 6.8/10 IMDb Directed by Brian Percival Country of origin United Kingdom Final episode date 7 November 2016 Director Brian Percival Written by Gwyneth Hughes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Based on Mary Ann Cotton: Britain's First Female Serial Killer
by David Wilson Starring Joanne Froggatt
Alun Armstrong
Penny Layden
Laura Morgan
Jonas Armstrong
Sam Hoare
Emma Fielding
John Hollingworth | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dark Angel is a British two-part television drama miniseries, based on the adaptation of the book Mary Ann Cotton: Britain's First Female Serial Killer by David Wilson. The series was broadcast on October 31 and November 7, 2016, and starred Joanne Froggatt as protagonist Mary Ann Cotton, widely regarded as Britain's first 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.
Contents
- Joanne froggatt on playing serial killer mary ann cotton this morning
- Production
- Cast
- Recurring characters
- Minor characters
- References
The series co-starred Alun Armstrong as Mary Ann's father, George Stott, and Jonas Armstrong as her main love interest, Joe Natrass. Penny Layden, Laura Morgan, Sam Hoare and Emma Fielding also took starring roles in the two-part drama.
Joanne froggatt on playing serial killer mary ann cotton this morning
Production
In July 2015, production and filming began on a then untitled two-part crime drama, starring Joanne Froggatt of Downton Abbey fame as Mary Ann Cotton. Alun Armstrong, Jonas Armstrong and Emma Fielding were also confirmed to have roles in the series. The series' title was subsequently revealed to be Dark Angel. Inspired by the book Mary Ann Cotton: Britain's First Female Serial Killer, the drama used original writer David Wilson as a consultant during the script-writing stage. The drama is the seventh in a series of ITV mini-series featuring the most 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).