Dark Angel (2016 TV series)
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| Genre | Crime drama • Thriller |
| Based on |
Mary Ann Cotton: Britain's First Female Serial Killer by David Wilson |
| Written by | Gwyneth Hughes |
| Directed by | Brian Percival |
| Starring | |
| Theme music composer | Michael J McEvoy |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 2 |
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| Executive producer(s) | Gwyneth Hughes |
| Producer(s) | Jake Lushington |
| Running time | 180 minutes (inc. advertisements) |
| Production company(s) | ITV Studios |
| Distributor | Dazzler Media |
| Release | |
| Original network | ITV, STV, UTV |
| Picture format | 16:9 1080i |
| Audio format | Surround sound 5.1 |
| Original release | 31 October – 7 November 2016 |
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.
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.
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).
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