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The Serpent (2021)

3,54 200 votes

Show title: The Serpent

IMDb score: 7,6 (49.356)

Episodes: 8

Playing time: 7 hour and 41 minutes

Developed by: Tom Shankland, Elizabeth Kilgarriff, Damien Timmer, Preethi Mavahalli and Richard Warlow

Stars: Tahar Rahim, Jenna Coleman and Ellie Bamber

Origin: United Kingdom

Releasedate: Friday 1 January 2021

First aired on: BBC iPlayer (Verenigd Koninkrijk)


The Serpent plot

Charles Sobhraj is a man believed to have been responsible for the deaths of some 20 young Western tourists in the mid-1970s. Together with his girlfriend and accomplice Marie-Andree Leclerc, they committed murders, and other crimes, in Thailand, Nepal and India. Yet Sobhraj always manages to stay out of the hands of the authorities. A young Dutch diplomat Herman Knippenberg, who works at the Dutch embassy in Bangkok, unexpectedly finds himself caught up in his web of lies and crime. Knippenberg sets in motion a series of events that make Sobhraj one of the most wanted criminals by Interpol...

Episodes Season 1 (2021)

  1. Episode 1

    1 January 2021 (58 minutes)

  2. Episode 2

    1 January 2021 (59 minutes)

  3. Episode 3

    1 January 2021 (58 minutes)

  4. Episode 4

    1 January 2021 (58 minutes)

  5. Episode 5

    1 January 2021 (57 minutes)

  6. Episode 6

    1 January 2021 (56 minutes)

  7. Episode 7

    1 January 2021 (56 minutes)

  8. Episode 8

    1 January 2021 (59 minutes)

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avatar van DionneDarko

DionneDarko

  • 594 messages
  • 5828 votes

Ooh, I found this one very exciting. What a scary slippery slope, but very fascinating.

I found the parts with Dominique and Nadine the most fascinating. A bit ridiculous that Herman was not interpreted by a Dutchman. Hard to follow what this fella says when he spoke Dutch. Had to chuckle at it, and otherwise he did well, but at least he should have practiced a little more on the few NL phrases and words. Jenna Coleman is going to be a big one I think, she was already strong in the Cry.

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avatar van Hodepine

Hodepine

  • 13 messages
  • 87 votes

Beautifully designed series with a strong and exciting, true story. The 1970s are very well portrayed, but what an incredibly poor acting performance by a number of actors (including the lead actor Billy Howle). Unfortunately. That certainly cost viewers.

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avatar van AniSter

AniSter

  • 1969 messages
  • 1511 votes

A crime series that can compete with Scandinavian crime series in terms of plot and tension. The 1970s are excellently portrayed and not only because of the real recordings from that time. Two minuses: the flipping in time and the tension and speed that started to decrease considerably somewhere in the seventh part, which diluted the really fascinating part of the series. The cast was fine, especially the role of Sobhraj. Knippenberg was a bit less for me. As a document about what happened at the time, this is in any case an absolute must.

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