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iPlayer is packed full of brilliant BBC dramas including thriller The Serpent
The Serpent, Bloodlands, Line of Duty, Normal People, Killing Eve, Us, Strike and A Suitable Boy are just some of the very best BBC dramas available to watch right now on BBC iPlayer
Here’s our guide to a string of great BBC dramas, how many episodes there are and what the critics said.
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The thriller tells the astonishing true story of Charles Sobhraj, a serial killer (nicknamed The Serpent) who targeted Western travellers during the 70s and became one of Interpol’s most wanted men.
Including Let Them All Talk, The Wilds, A Suitable Boy, and Wolfwalkers by Norman Wilner on December 11th, 2020 at 9:00 PM 1 of 5 2 of 5
Our critics pick what’s new to streaming and VOD for the weekend of December 11, and list everything new to VOD and streaming platforms.
A Suitable Boy
(Mira Nair)
Mira Nair’s landmark BBC miniseries is an expensive, elaborate adaptation of Vikram Seth’s 1993 novel, and the first such production to feature an almost entirely South Asian cast. Seth’s tale of people finding their way in a newly partitioned nation is told through the eyes and experiences of Indian characters, rather than from a colonial perspective that exoticizes or marginalizes the locals. Lata (Tanya Maniktala) is a student determined not to let her traditional mother (Mahira Kakkar) choose her husband and therefore her future, while Maan (Ishaan Khatter) whose brother has just married Lata’s sister is rebellious in a different way, embarrassing his politicall