The Essex Serpent
2022 · Miniseries · TV-14 · ★ 6.6 · 73% critics
A newly widowed woman leaves London for the Essex coast to look into rumors of a mythical serpent. As she grows close to a local vicar through shared curiosity and doubt, fear and superstition spread, and a tragedy leads the community to search for someone to blame.
Based on The Essex Serpent
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Streaming on Apple TV+.
5 hours to watch · 6 episodes.
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Details
- Years
- 2022
- Release date
- 2022-05-13
- Network
- Apple TV
- Language
- English
- Rated
- TV-14
- Max quality
- UHD
- Critic score
- 73/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.6/10 (130 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want an atmospheric period mystery with gothic romance, faith-versus-science debates, and simmering tension, similar in mood to Picnic at Hanging Rock; not for you if you dislike slow-burn stories or dim visuals.
Pros: gothic romance atmosphere; strong central performances; steady mystery tension | Cons: slow pace at times; uneven casting for some; ending felt disappointing
Themes
- london, england
- based on novel or book
- small town
- mythical creature
- victorian england
- miniseries
- period drama
- gothic romance
- widowed mother
- autistic child
- communist movement
Cast & crew
Claire Danes
as Cora Seaborne
Tom Hiddleston
as Will Ransome
Frank Dillane
as Dr Luke Garrett
Clémence Poésy
as Stella Ransome
Hayley Squires
as Martha
Gareth Berliner
as Thomas Taylor
Darragh Cowley
as Young Man
Lily-Rose Aslandogdu
as Naomi Banks
- GK
Gerard Kearns
as Henry Banks
Michael Jibson
as Matthew Evansford
Directed by Clio Barnard
Episodes1 season · 6 episodes
Season 16 episodes
- S1E1The Blackwater53mAmazon Prime VideoApple TV+
- S1E2Matters of the Heart53mAmazon Prime VideoApple TV+
- S1E3Falling45mAmazon Prime VideoApple TV+
- S1E4Everything Is Blue52mAmazon Prime VideoApple TV+
- S1E5I Break Things51mAmazon Prime VideoApple TV+
- S1E6Surfacing54mAmazon Prime VideoApple TV+