THE SERPENT. (2021) A BBC/NETFLIX DRAMA REVIEWED BY SANDRA HARRIS. ©
THE SERPENT. (2021) A BBC CRIME DRAMA WRITTEN BY RICHARD WARLOW AND TOBY FINLAY. DIRECTED BY TOM SHANKLAND AND HANS HERBOTS. STARRING TAHAR RAHIM, JENNA COLEMAN, BILLY HOWLE, ELLIE BAMBER, TIM MCINNERNY, MATHILDE WARNIER AND AMESH EDIREWEERA. REVIEW BY SANDRA HARRIS. © Oh boy. I had to keep reminding myself while watching this fantastic crime drama on Netflix recently that it was actually based on real life crimes and real life murders, and that real people had actually suffered terribly in real life in the timeline concerned. And why? Why did I have to keep reminding myself of these unpleasant facts? Because Tahar Rahim, the actor who portrays Charles Sobhraj in this superb dramatization of the life and crimes of a real life serial killer, is so hot that I literally forgave him all the crimes instantly, no questions asked. Even though he didn’t personally commit them, lol. And then I had to sternly tell myself that writing to Sobhraj in prison, where he apparently still rot