![]() ![]() Looking for your next binge? Check out our list of the best TV shows of all time. The Essex Serpent is airing weekly on Apple TV Plus. The first two episodes show great promise, and will have you coming back for the weekly release to find out just what – or who – the real terror in Aldwinter is. Thankfully, director Clio Barnard and screenwriter Anna Symon seem to have got the memo and made this a drama worth your time. ![]() Not only does the series star two of TV’s most in demand stars in Hiddleston and Danes, but the best-selling book it was based on swept a slew of awards when it was published in 2017. The Essex Serpent certainly has a lot to live up to. It’s slightly anachronistic from what we’re used to seeing in period pieces but it helps establish the tone – and the chill – of the programme. This can be seen through Jane Petrie’s beautiful costume design, which makes fantastic use of knitwear. The money that Apple puts behind its programmes allows this show to be elevated from a run-of-the-mill book adaptation. That’s all well and good, but it means the promise of the heightened horror that the show begins with – and builds up to at the end of each episode – isn’t maintained.īut, visually, the series is hard to fault. This is an adaptation that takes its time, allowing for scenes focused on a lost chicken, research into the science of the Fata Morgana, and strolls across the marshes. There is no doubt the slow and atmospheric pace of the show will be too creeping for some. ![]()
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