Mystery
The doldrums of winter are a time when it gets dark early and stays that way. It's perfect TV watching weather, made even more so these days with coronavirus variants and flu threatening to take out those who aren't careful. If you're looking to
Drama
Perhaps part of the instantaneous appeal of Netflix's The Serpent is that the story of serial killer Charles Sobhraj isn't terribly familiar to modern-day audiences. (Especially American ones.) A horrifying tale of a monster who preyed on well-meaning hippies traversing Southeast Asia searching for nirvana in
Drama
This spring will be light on British dramas over on PBS due to the ongoing delays in filming overseas. But the good news is that Netflix and other streamers will be here to supplement programming, bringing new types of dramas that anglophiles might otherwise have missed. When most people think
Drama
Victoria star Jenna Coleman will take part in a very different kind of period drama in 2021, with a lead role in the true crime thriller The Serpent. Set in the 1970s, the drama will follow the hunt for the real-life French serial killer Charles Sobhraj whose famous nickname gives
Drama
The upcoming BBC/Netflix true crime series The Serpent already has some rather serious buzz around it. The drama, which will follow the hunt for the real-life French serial killer Charles Sobhraj whose famous nickname gives the series title, is already being imagined as a sort of Bodyguard for 2020
Drama
Mammoth Studios makes a deal to take the Richard Warlow's The Serpent to Netflix, in hopes of a Bodyguard-like hit. When Bodyguard landed an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Drama this July, it was a bit of a shock to the system. Not that the show wasn't