The Serpent (TV series)

*The Serpent*
The Serpent
Genre	Crime drama
Written by	Richard Warlow; Toby Finlay;
Directed by	Tom Shankland; Hans Herbots;
Starring	Tahar Rahim; Jenna Coleman; Billy Howle; Ellie Bamber; Amesh Edireweera; Tim McInnerny; Dasha Nekrasova; Mathilde Warnier;
Composer	Dominik Scherrer
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original languages	English, French, Dutch, Thai
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	8
Production
Executive producers	Richard Warlow; Tom Shankland; Preethi Mavahalli; Damien Timmer; Lucy Richer;
Production locations	India; United Kingdom; Thailand;
Production companies	Mammoth Screen; Living Films;
Original release
Network	BBC One
Release	1 January –; 14 February 2021
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The Serpent is a 2021 British crime drama television serial developed by Mammoth Screen and commissioned by the BBC. The eight-part series is a co-production between BBC One and Netflix. It is based on the crimes of French serial killer Charles "the Serpent" Sobhraj, who murdered young backpackers on the "hippie trail" from 1975 to 1976. The series stars Tahar Rahim in the lead role as Sobhraj.^[1]

The series was shot on location in Thailand, until the COVID-19 pandemic which halted production for five months from March 2020. Filming was completed in Hertfordshire, England, during August 2020. It premiered on BBC One on New Year's Day in 2021 and all eight episodes were immediately made available on BBC iPlayer.^[2]^[3] The show began streaming on Netflix in April 2021.^[4]

^ Taylor, Kelly-Anne; Hodges, Michael (19 December 2020). "Looking good ...being evil". Radio Times. Vol. 387, no. 5032. London. pp. 62–63.
^ "BBC One's The Serpent to premiere on New Year's Day". BBC Media Centre. 26 November 2020. Archived from the original on 26 November 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
^ Sutton, Megan (26 November 2020). "The Serpent starring Jenna Coleman: What you need to know". Good Housekeeping. Archived from the original on 26 November 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
^ Zemler, Emily (2 April 2021). "The true story behind Netflix's newest crime drama was too bizarre for TV". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 5 April 2021. Retrieved 6 April 2021.

[Taylor-1] Taylor, Kelly-Anne; Hodges, Michael (19 December 2020). "Looking good ...being evil". Radio Times. Vol. 387, no. 5032. London. pp. 62–63.

[2] "BBC One's The Serpent to premiere on New Year's Day". BBC Media Centre. 26 November 2020. Archived from the original on 26 November 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2020.

[3] Sutton, Megan (26 November 2020). "The Serpent starring Jenna Coleman: What you need to know". Good Housekeeping. Archived from the original on 26 November 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2020.

[4] Zemler, Emily (2 April 2021). "The true story behind Netflix's newest crime drama was too bizarre for TV". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 5 April 2021. Retrieved 6 April 2021.

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