Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 5 - Caught on Camera

‘When Claire Danes and Tom Hiddleston were cast I was in shock’: Sarah Perry on The Essex Serpent

As an adaptation of her bestselling novel comes to screens, Sarah Perry describes the joys of being on set – and how the production restored her faith in storytelling

The Guardian - UK

The week in TV: The Essex Serpent; the Baftas; Fergal Keane: Living With PTSD; Clark

Tom Hiddleston fails to smoulder in Apple’s Sarah Perry adaptation; no fists fly at the Baftas; and Bill Skarsgård sizzles as Sweden’s favourite gangster

The Guardian - UK

Gothic "Essex Serpent” needs more bite

If you're expecting "The Thorn Birds" with a dinosaur, you'll be disappointed

Salon

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

'Tom Hiddleston and Claire Danes make history with new drama The Essex Serpent'

TV columnist Sara Wallis is charmed by snakes, lust and monster-hunting in new Apple TV+ period drama The Essex Serpent, starring Tom Hiddleston and Claire Danes

Daily Mirror

What links The Essex Serpent to a brave De Niro impression and a Taylor Swift T-shirt?

As the TV series lands, come down the rabbit hole for a swift visit to Claire Danes, Cannes and Conversations With Friends

The Guardian - UK

Review: ‘The Essex Serpent’ has much going for it but not enough story for its half-dozen episodes

You notice its cinematic qualities in the first episode of “The Essex Serpent,” a series debuting with two installments this week on Apple TV+.

Tribune News Service

The Essex Serpent review: Tom Hiddleston is plausible as a toff who likes mudlarking

Claire Danes and Hiddleston lead the cast of this adaptation – but their backdrop far outshines them

The Independent UK

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

The Essex Serpent review – Claire Danes is magnificent … unlike Tom Hiddleston

The Loki actor feels too suave to play a humble vicar in this adaptation of Sarah Parry’s lush novel – which makes the central romance cold and condescending

The Guardian - UK

‘The Essex Serpent’: Dreary detours stop the momentum of classy but murky Apple TV+ series

Claire Danes and Tom Hiddleston star in the story of a town convinced a water monster is doing the devil’s work.

Chicago Sun-Times

The Essex Serpent: such a slog surely no one will make it past episode one

It has monsters, hysteria and Claire Danes and Tom Hiddleston indulging in weird theological flirting … but it totally lacks the magic that makes great TV

The Guardian - UK

Claire Danes Digs into Mystic Mystery in ‘The Essex Serpent’

Claire Danes says her first role after nearly a decade in hit drama "Homeland" was both "wonderful" and "scary", going from playing a CIA officer to a grieving 19th century British widow in new mini-series "The Essex Serpent". The 43-year-old actress won numerous awards for her portrayal of intrepid bipolar…

Asharq Al-Awsat

A Victorian widow searches for ‘The Essex Serpent’ in dark Apple TV+ drama

Cora Seaborne is a woman who escaped one monster and is pursuing another.

Tribune News Service

What links a 2001 murder to Donovan and Claire Danes?

With cult true-crime story The Staircase returning as a miniseries, take a dive down the rabbit hole with some British folk and an Oscar nod

The Guardian - UK

The Essex Serpent to How I Met Your Father: the seven best shows to stream this week

Claire Danes and Tom Hiddleston star in Clio Barnard’s sensual gothic adaptation of Sarah Perry’s novel, plus Hilary Duff in a How I Met Your Mother spin-off

The Guardian - UK

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Evening Standard

The Essex Serpent: Here’s your latest look at Tom Hiddleston and Claire Danes in Apple’s period drama

The hotly-anticipated TV adaption will be airing on Apple TV+ in May

TechRadar

The best Hulu shows: 38 great TV series you can stream in June 2024

Looking for the best Hulu shows to stream right now? TechRadar has got you covered.

1 2 3 4 5

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.