The twisting, real life story of Charles Sobhraj, a murderer, thief and seductive master of disguise, who was a hidden darkness in the mid 70's on Asia's hippie trail.
Stars: Tahar Rahim, Billy Howle and Jenna Coleman
Full Cast: Ellie Bamber, Mathilde Warnier, Grégoire Isvarine, Tim McInnerny, Amesh Edireweera, Apasiri Kulthanan, William Brand, Chotika Sintuboonkul, Kenneth Won, Fabien Frankel, Adam Rothenberg, Ilker Kaleli
Episode Guide
Best The Serpent Episodes
8.1 The Serpent Trailer
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User Reviews
Watchseries; I really enjoyed the show. I wasn't too bothered by those constant time jumps while those seemed to have annoyed quite a lot of people. But those accents...Jenna Coleman speaking french especially. I'm french myself so this really annoyed me. Why didn't they just cast someone who actually speaks the language?! I like Jenna Coleman, but I think she's just not a great fit here. Otherwise great production.
I really enjoyed the show. I wasn't too bothered by those constant time jumps while those seemed to have annoyed quite a lot of people. But those accents...Jenna Coleman speaking french especially. I'm french myself so this really annoyed me. Why didn't they just cast someone who actually speaks the language?! I like Jenna Coleman, but I think she's just not a great fit here. Otherwise great production.
The Serpent watchseries. I found this a great watch, the tooing and froing of the time line demands your attention, and in turn pulls you deeper into the story.
But be warned... if you have never smoked or you have recently given up... you'll be reaching for cigarettes as most of the characters continually chain-smoke 😂
A phenomenal account of a seriously dangerous and manipulative man and those closest to his actions. The constant jumping back and forth of the timeline is irritating until you get used to it. As the story unfolds, your relationship with the characters grows, and you're taken even more willingly on a journey unlike one you've been on with the BBC before
The series is suspenseful, but what really irritated the hell out of me is van Knippenberg's accent when he speaks Dutch, there would've been several really good Dutch actors that could've pkayed his part. A big let down for my concern.
This is a very energetic, fast paced drama. Visually it looks so good, the production values are excellent. A particularly good cast, once again I'm impressed with Jenna Coleman. It's one of those dramas that you need to concentrate hard on, as it is a little deep, and could be seen as confusing. After being starved of drama for obvious reasons, it was nice to start 2021 with something this good. You couldn't switch the BBC on without seeing a trailer for it, they certainly went to town to advertise it. Hard to fault. 8/10.
I like the look of this, I have no problems with the back and forth timeline. My biggest problem: the cast! Why cast 4 Brits to play a Dutch, a Belgian, a German and a Quebecois? The guy playing Knippenberg has to use a horrible fake Dutch accent all the time, not to mention the few actual lines in Dutch, that he just butchers. At least "Belgian guy" keeps to a generic British accent, that is far less grating. The German accent comes and goes, as does the Quebecois...a mess. They did cast 2 Dutch actors to play 2 Dutch victims, so why???