The Serpent

Excellent, gripping drama. Well acted throughout. The story would be unbelievable if it were not true! Some reviews have pointed out the frequent timeline jumping. I personally found that watching it as a "box set" seemed to lessen that feeling. A refreshing change to see a work of such high quality from BBC these days!

The series is suspenseful, but what really irritated the hell out of me is van Knippenberg's accent when he speaks Dutch, there would've been several really good Dutch actors that could've pkayed his part. A big let down for my concern.

Good start to the show but I just do not understand why they would have a person playing a Dutchman (Billy Howle - Herman Knippenberg) that obviously does not understand or speak Dutch. It would have been better to not have him say anyhthing in "Dutch" as I have no clue what he is actually saying. I don't understand why the actual Dutch actors didn't comment on this? The first episode looks good though and I am looking forward to the rest of the season.

This is a very energetic, fast paced drama. Visually it looks so good, the production values are excellent. A particularly good cast, once again I'm impressed with Jenna Coleman. It's one of those dramas that you need to concentrate hard on, as it is a little deep, and could be seen as confusing. After being starved of drama for obvious reasons, it was nice to start 2021 with something this good. You couldn't switch the BBC on without seeing a trailer for it, they certainly went to town to advertise it. Hard to fault. 8/10.

I really enjoyed the show. I wasn't too bothered by those constant time jumps while those seemed to have annoyed quite a lot of people. But those accents...Jenna Coleman speaking french especially. I'm french myself so this really annoyed me. Why didn't they just cast someone who actually speaks the language?! I like Jenna Coleman, but I think she's just not a great fit here. Otherwise great production.