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The Serpent on BBC tells the story of convicted French serial killer Charles Sobhraj (played by Tahar Rahim). In the 1970s, Dutch junior diplomat Herman Knippenberg (Billy Howle) and his wife Angela (Billy Howle) built an incredible case against Sobhraj which was used to convict him in Nepal in 2003. Express.co.uk has everything you need to know about Ellie Bamber who portrays the real Angela Knippenberg in The Serpent.
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WATCH: The Serpent on BBC - official trailer The last French lesson I had I was 7, literally in primary school, she began. It was pretty terrifying to be honest. When I read the script I was like, There s just no way, I can t do it . I m also such a big fan of Tahar as well. But it s half French but not just French, French-Canadian.
She continued: My first day on set, the whole crew were Thai, and all the actors I worked with are actually French and I just landed in Bangkok and I was like what am I doing? What is going on?
The Serpent has become BBC iPlayer s most watched show since Normal People, it was revealed by the BBC on Monday.
31 million viewers have tuned into the intense crime drama, which stars Tahar Rahim and Jenna Coleman, since it first began airing on New Year s Day.
The eight-part drama concluded its BBC One run on Sunday night, but has been available to stream in full on iPlayer since the beginning of the year.
It s a hit! The Serpent has become BBC iPlayer s most watched show since Normal People as 31 million viewers tuned into the intense crime drama, it was revealed on Monday
True story behind The Serpent - twisted crimes not shown and where real-life people are now
Evil killer Charles Sobhraj and his accomplice Marie-Andree Leclerc were finally caught, but there were more twists not shown on The Serpent [Warning: Contains spoilers]
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After eight nail-biting episodes, The Serpent came to an end on Sunday, February 14 on BBC One. The entire series is available to watch via the BBC iPlayer now and viewers still cannot believe the harrowing true story of serial killer Charles Sobhraj (played by Tahar Rahim). What happened at the end of The Serpent? Express.co.uk has a full recap of the final episode.