BBC and Netflix co-production will see Sobhraj repeatedly slip out of the authorities' grasp and eventually see him become Interpol’s most wanted man, with arrest warrants in multiple continents.
When is The Serpent on TV? It starts on Friday, January 1 and the whole series is available on iPlayer after the first episode airs.
With an impressive cast, let's find out who the stars of The Serpent are. Actor Tahar says of his on-screen counterpart Charles: "[He's] known to be a killer but also a conman - a very manipulative man, a narcissistic, and as sadistic as he is evil. "A petty criminal, born in Saigon, Sobraj became a murderer when he moved back to South East Asia from France.
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