Dark Angel (2016–2016)

TV ShowEndedITV1Drama, Crime, History1 season, 2 episodes
Dark Angel posterReview score: 76%

Plot

The two-part drama, Dark Angel, from Line of Duty makers World Productions, is based on the extraordinary true story of the Victorian poisoner Mary Ann Cotton.Travelling around the North-east, she insinuates herself into unsuspecting families, marrying and creating new families of her own - before killing them, taking their money and moving on.

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  1. 01Dark Angel S01E01Episode 1S01E01 · 5.024-year-old Mary Ann Cotton returns home to Seaham, County Durham having eloped to Cornwall with Billy Mowbray. A terrible cycle of births and deaths has haunted the pair but as Mary's circumstances worsen she finds a deadly solution.
  2. 02Dark Angel S01E02Episode 2S01E02 · 5.0

Episodes by season

Season012Episodes2016Aired 5.0Season avg
  1. S01E01Dark Angel S01E01Episode 1October 31, 2016 5.024-year-old Mary Ann Cotton returns home to Seaham, County Durham having eloped to Cornwall with Billy Mowbray. A terrible cycle of births a
  2. S01E02Dark Angel S01E02Episode 2November 7, 2016 5.0

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Castfull cast & details

Joanne FroggattJoanne FroggattMary Ann CottonMark UnderwoodMark UnderwoodFred CottonAlun ArmstrongAlun ArmstrongGeorge StotJonas ArmstrongJonas ArmstrongJoeJohn BowlerJohn BowlerMr. JohnsonSam HoareSam HoareJames RobinsonJohn HollingworthJohn HollingworthDr. John MalingThomas HowesThomas HowesGeorge Ward

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