'The Serpent', the British miniseries that arrives on Netflix on April 2

April arrives and with it spring and new releases of movies and series on all streaming platforms. For example, on April 2 Netflix premieres The Serpent, a series inspired by true events, which tells the story of serial con artist Charles Sobhraj. This series premiered on BBC One and BBC iPlayer in the UK on January 1, 2021 and became a success thanks to the spectators who were surprised by the story that was told in The Serpent. Only through word of mouth the series became a success and reached 31 million views. The snake Based on a true story The snake begins its incredible story when in 1975 and 1976, the supposed gem dealer Charles Sobhraj (Tahar Rahim) and his girlfriend, Marie-Andrée Leclerc (Jenna Coleman), toured Thailand, Nepal and India leaving in its wake the trail of a crime wave on the Asian “hippie trail.” The couple became the prime suspect in a string of murders of young Western travelers. A young diplomat from the Netherlands Embassy in Bangkok named Herman Knippenberg (Billy Howle) is unwittingly caught up in this complex criminal web. With the help of his wife, Angela (Ellie Bamber), the police of various countries and witnesses to Sobhraj’s adventures will succeed in making Sobhraj the man most wanted by Interpol, with arrest warrants on several continents. presents as one of its highlights this miniseries in April with eight eight episodes. The Snake is a series by Mammoth Screen, an ITV Studios label, co-produced by BBC One and Netflix and was written by Richard Warlow and Toby Finlay.The series is directed by Tom Shankland and Hans Herbots, produced by Stephen Smallwood. Richard Warlow, Tom Shankland, Preethi Mavahalli and Damien Timmer are executive producing for Mammoth Screen. This fiction stars actors Tahar Rahim as alleged murderer Charles Sobhraj, Jenna Coleman as Marie-Andrée Leclerc, Billy Howle as Herman Knippenberg or Ellie Bamber as Angela Knippenberg. We can also find in the series actors such as Amesh Edireweera who plays the role of Ajay Chowdhury and Tim McInnerny as Paul Siemons, among others.The series The Serpent was shot in settings as distant as Thailand and the United Kingdom and surprises by the incredible adventure of the protagonists. The streaming platform has pointed out that although the plot is based on a true story, the dialogues are completely fictitious. A novelty to which we will be very attentive.