Miniseries · Netflix
The Puppet Master: Hunting the Ultimate Conman
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TV DNA
How The Puppet Master: Hunting the Ultimate Conman actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
The Puppet Master: Hunting the Ultimate Conman reads strongest on Bingeability, Character Depth and Serialized.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The story
What it's about
This harrowing docuseries explores, a cruel conman masquerading as a British spy manipulates and steals from his victims, leaving ruined families in his wake.
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Cammy MillardProducer
- Rebecca NorthExecutive Producer
- Bart LaytonExecutive Producer
Direction
- Sam BensteadDirector
- Gareth JohnsonDirector
Cinematography
- Paul O'CallaghanDirector of Photography
- Patrick SmithDirector of Photography
Music
- Andrew SkeetOriginal Music Composer
- Nathan KleinOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
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