Dark Angel

1h 2min

Crime

Drama

Mystery

The story of Victorian serial killer Mary Ann Cotton, a poisoner whose methods leave no visible scars, allowing her tally of victims to mount, unsuspected by a Victorian society unable to conceive of a woman capable of such terrible crimes. Traveling 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.

Production Companies

We Got POP

World Productions

Air-Edel Associates

Screen Yorkshire

Take 2 Films

ITV

Centurion Productions

Episodes

Cast

Episode 1

1. Episode 1

1h 2min

31st Oct 2016

24-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.

Episode 2

2. Episode 2

1h 3min

7th Nov 2016

First air date

31st Oct 2016

Last air date

7th Nov 2016

Status

Ended

Type

Miniseries

Original language

en

Networks