The serpent

[the80sweregreat]

Anyone going to watch this?
I've never heard of this person before.

I'm giving it a go. Liking the locations.

Looks more like a Netflix type thing then bbc 1!

^ Its co production with Netlix..
So far its just Ok.

It's not grabbing me so far.

Too much backwards and forwards.

The subtitles were mistranslated - gem dealer man told his lacky to get ice cubes, not tea.

It's quite atmospheric though.

It's jumping around a lot, so a bit confusing.

I'm finding Charles' awful hair quite distracting. Shame, because otherwise I'm loving the 70's vibe.

It does feel like the 70s are back !
Good attention to detail.

Man, distressing and yes, jumping round all over the place but loving the locations.

Yes the lead actor looks very fake.
I like the other guy. Mainly watching cos of Billy Howell and Jenna Coleman

Oh and the 70s glamour vibe is amazing.

Must have been so much easier then to fake passports and not be traced.

So the couple they took in they are poisoning?

Irritated by the 2 months earlier 2 months later thing. Scary as based on true story. Love the vibe too.

Hmmmm didn't really get on with this though I had high hopes. A bit too slow and backward/forward for me.

Really like it so far. Usually don’t like jumping back and forward but for some reason it’s ok so far with this as it’s sort of explaining how confusing it must have been to the people investigating the deaths.

Jenna Coleman looks amazing.

I loved it! Once I worked out the 2 months earlier/later thing it made sense. Loved the 70s vibe and loved the lack of nudity. A few years ago there would have been lots of pointless and gratuitous sex scenes but this was like dramas of old (but much better produced). I know that makes me sound like an old prude but for me, it made a refreshing change.

Once you get used to the time warp thing it is really gripping.

Can’t get over our nice English rose Jenna Coleman in a wig and a French accent getting mixed up with a serial killer. She is very good though!

I really liked it, the backwards and forwards was easy enough to follow as long as you remembered to look at what it said unlike DH
It's on iplayer now, I watched episode 2, it was very good.

I loved it!
The flipping about shows how much harder it was to piece together
In years pre kids I’d just stay up and watch the rest!

I loved it too! I'd heard about Charles Sobhraj years ago in Australia but forgotten most of it.

Really good evocation of the place and time - I could almost smell it.

What is it about

Its based on a true story of a man, and woman, in the 70's in Bangkok. He was a con man and more.. (don't want to give away any spoilers)
I think you would like it Blondes

Jenna Coleman is a stunning woman isnt she?