The Serpent (2021)

01/01/2021 (GB)

Drama, Crime

What does it take to catch a killer?

Overview

The remarkable story of how murderer Charles Sobhraj was captured. As the chief suspect in unsolved murders of young Western travellers across India, Thailand and Nepal’s ‘Hippie Trail’ in 1975 and 1976, Sobhraj had repeatedly slipped from the grasp of authorities worldwide to become Interpol's most wanted man, with arrest warrants on three different continents.

Top Billed Cast

Tahar Rahim

Charles Sobhraj

8 Episodes

Jenna Coleman

Marie-Andrée Leclerc

8 Episodes

Billy Howle

Herman Knippenberg

8 Episodes

Ellie Bamber

Angela Knippenberg

8 Episodes

Mathilde Warnier

Nadine Gires

8 Episodes

Grégoire Isvarine

Rémi Gires

8 Episodes

Tim McInnerny

Paul Siemons

8 Episodes


Last Season

Season 1

2021 | 8 Episodes

Season 1 of The Serpent premiered on January 1, 2021.

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Status

Ended

Network

network

Type

Miniseries

Original Language

English

Keywords

nepal

1970s

bangkok, thailand

thailand

serial killer

india

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