islamabad – The Serpent has become BBC iPlayer’s most watched show since Normal People, it was revealed by the BBC recently. 31 million viewers have tuned into the intense crime drama, which stars Tahar Rahim and Jenna Coleman, since it first began airing on New Year’s Day.
The eight-part drama concluded its BBC One run, but has been available to stream in full on iPlayer since the beginning of the year. The Serpent’s first episode is the streaming service’s most watched episode across all genres, with over 5.5 million checking it out online, as of writing. Including linear viewing, the first episode received a consolidated 9 million viewers across all screens in its first 30 days, and 7.4 million tuned into the second episode.
In December it was revealed that Normal People had received a staggering 62.7 million views since it launched in April, with 6.75 million tuning into the first episode just two months after it aired. Normal People follows Marianne (Daisy Edgar-Jones) and Connell (Paul Mecal) as they navigate the difficulties of social and class dynamics during their time at high school and college. Of The Serpent’s success, Damien Timmer and Preethi Mavahalli, executive producers for Mammoth Screen said: ‘It’s been a privilege to tell the real life story of Herman and Angela Knippenberg’s dogged pursuit of justice, and to have a chance to reclaim the stories of the young travellers whose lives were so cruelly cut short.
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