Where to Watch The Serpent in the UK

The Serpent makes every episode count, and right now it's all streaming on Netflix and beyond. A strong pick for any crime fan.

At its heart, The Serpent is a procedural that understands what makes the genre work — character first, plot second. 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. Tahar Rahim and Jenna Coleman lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It aired in 2021.

Crime and mystery fans will find exactly what they're after here — if Navarasa is in your watch history, The Serpent belongs there too. It works equally well as a long binge or episode-by-episode over a few weeks.