Dark Angel (British TV series)

Dark Angel
Genre	Crime drama, thriller
Based on	Mary Ann Cotton: Britain's First Female Serial Killer
Written by	Gwyneth Hughes
Directed by	Brian Percival
Starring	Joanne Froggatt John Hollingworth Alun Armstrong Jonas Armstrong Seamus O'Neil
Theme music composer	Nick Taylor
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	2
Production
Executive producer	Gwyneth Hughes
Producer	Jake Lushington
Running time	120 minutes
Production company	ITV Studios
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	31 October (2016-10-31) – 7 November 2016 (2016-11-07)

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. First shown on ITV from 31 October to 7 November 2016.It starred Joanne Froggatt in the leading role as Serial killer Mary Ann Cotton who was found guilty of murder. In March 1873 she waa and convicted and hanged for killing three of her four husbands, apparently in order to collect on their insurance policies. It is possible that Cotton may have murdered up to 21 victims, including eleven of her thirteen children. She willing used arsenic poisoning,which caused severe gastric pain and rapid decline of health. The mini series also starred, Alun Armstrong, Seamus O'Neil, and, Jonas Armstrong.

External links

• Dark Angel at IMDb