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Is The Serpent Based on a True Story? Is BBC's The Serpent Based on a True Story? Yes, and It's Just as Wild as It Seems First Published: 21 December 2020 4 Shares BBC One's new show The Serpent is in fact based on a true story, and yes, that makes it all the more terrifying. The BBC retelling features eight episodes that explore the life of serial killer Charles Sobhraj, who was a pseudo-gems dealer in Bangkok when he met his partner in crime and Canadian girlfriend, Marie Andrée Leclerc, in Thailand. Exploring the countless investigations that took place, the show follows Herman Knippenbe...

Monday briefing: PM in crisis mode as travel ban bites Martin Farrer Top story: France bans passengers and trade for 48 hours © Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA Long queues of trucks at Dover and other ports could worsen after France banned freight for 48 hours. Morning everyone. I’m Martin Farrer and these are the top stories this morning. Boris Johnson will hold a meeting of the government’s emergency committee, Cobra, this morning to address the country’s mounting coronavirus crisis, as European travel bans threatened the steady flow of freight. Ministers are grappling no...

Did Gemma Arterton Actually Shave Her Head in Black Narcissus? Well, Kind Of 20 Shares There have been some incredible shows on TV in 2020, and one that has quickly captured our fascination is Black Narcissus (now on Hulu). The story follows a group of anglo-catholic nuns in the 1930s who travel to the Himalayas to set up a mission at an abandoned, remote palace in a fictitious location called Mopu. Leading the group is sister Clodagh, played by Gemma Arterton, who is the youngest superior in the order. During a scene of the show, we see sister Clodagh with her hair shave...

I’ve been spotting opium references in popular culture with interest for a few years now (2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 & 2012) – just how opium keeps fascinating us… Well, 2020 was a funny year but anyway. Let’s start with a few novels – Laura Shepherd-Robinson’s Blood and Sugar was a great trip to 1780s Deptford and the slave trade. Opium addicts of course and a few on tinctures of laundanum for various eighteenth century ailments. Lydia Kang’s Opium and Absinthe took us to 1889 New York, vampire scares, and opium. Elizabeth Bailey’s The Opium Purge is back i...

Bradley Walsh's Doctor Who character Graham is leaving the series, and the actor says he's most proud of Rosa Parks, pollution and health-themed episodes.