Did I mention “light, uplifting TV” before? There was a point where we were simultaneously watching this, The Handmaid’s Tale, The Underground Railroad, and Halston. You can forgive us for feeling a little emotionally wrecked! The Serpent was a 1970s true story about a thief & murderer of backpackers in Bangkok. Exquisitely performed and set-dressed, you didn’t doubt it was the 70s at all. A brief moment of wistful sadness overcame us when some characters drove from Paris to Goa – in today’s political climate that feels like an unthinkable journey. But clearly they used to do it. AND in those 1970s (or older) cars, too. 
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.
Networks: BBC One
Production companies: Mammoth Screen
