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The Blackwater
London widow Cora Seaborne relocates to Essex to learn the
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The Essex Serpent: Miniseries
Emmy-winner Claire Danes (Homeland) and Emmy-nominee Tom Hiddleston (Loki) lead this adaptation of Sarah Perry's urban legend mystery novel.
Newly widowed Cora (Danes), having being released from an abusive marriage, relocates from Victorian London to the small village of Aldwinter in Essex, intrigued by a local superstition that a mythical creature known as the Essex Serpent has returned to the area.
Less2022Rating: TV-14USASee-Saw Films
Drama
The Essex Serpent: Miniseries | Reviews
77%35 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® Score
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Stuff
Gritty, pithy, compelling drama that’s one of the most accomplished and engrossing shows of the year so far.
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The New York Times
There’s a lot going on... not all of it successful, though the mini-series is generally handsome, literate and quite well acted.
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The Telegraph
At least the drama lights up whenever Hiddleston appears on screen. Because it’s otherwise desperately dreary...
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Slash Film
Ultimately a picturesque, spellbinding Gothic romance with a penchant for atmospheric spookiness...
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Chicago Sun-Times
The Essex Serpent is a six-episode slog through dramatically murky and not particularly deep waters.
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Total Film
There’s great chemistry between the two leads, who play their roles with empathy and subtlety.
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Sydney Morning Herald
It’s a lot for a TV drama, but it’s such an unusual story there’s little chance to be anything but enchanted...
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The Essex Serpent: Miniseries | Release Details
The Essex Serpent: Miniseries is available to stream in the United Kingdom now on Apple TV+.