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The Essex Serpent Australia Premiere Fri 13 May on Apple TV+
Starring Claire Danes and Tom Hiddleston,“The Essex Serpent” is a new Apple Original drama series adapted from Sarah Perry’s bestselling and 2016 British Book Award-winning novel of the same name.
The series follows newly widowed Cora (played by Claire Danes) who, 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.
“The Essex Serpent” is directed by Clio Barnard (“The Selfish Giant,” “The Arbor”) and adapted from the novel by Anna Symon (“Deep Water,” “Mrs Wilson”).
“The Essex Serpent” will premiere globally with the first two episodes on Friday, 13 May on Apple TV+, and new episodes will premiere weekly.
Airdate: Friday 13 May 2022 on Apple TV+.
Season 1 Episodes 1 and 2