‘The Tourist’ will kick-off its second series on the BBC on New Year’s Day (1st January 2024) it has been confirmed.
The six-part thriller, created and written by Jack and Harry Williams and produced by Two Brothers Pictures, will be made available in full on BBC iPlayer from 6am on Monday 1st January and the first episode will air at 9pm that day on BBC One. ‘The Tourist’ stars Jamie Dornan (‘Belfast’) and Danielle Macdonald (‘Unbelievable’).
Set against the striking backdrop of Ireland, Elliot and Helen are confronted by friends and foes. As they attempt to uncover the secrets of Elliot’s past, they are soon dragged into a longstanding family feud where they face the dangerous consequences of his past actions.
Series two introduces a raft of new characters as shown in the newly released images alongside Detective Ruairi Slater, including Niamh Cassidy (Olwen Fouéré, ‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre’, ‘The Northman’) and the McDonnell family – Donal (Diarmaid Murtagh, ‘Vikings’, ‘Outlander’), Orla (Nessa Matthews, ‘Fair City’), Fergal (Mark McKenna, ‘Sing Street’, ‘One of Us is Lying’), and Frank (Francis Magee, ‘Kin’, ‘Then You Run’). The images also feature Monsieur Tioté (Réginal-Roland Kudiwu, ‘Crime’, ‘The Widow’, ‘Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan’).
Series one launched with 11.4 million viewers in the UK and holds the title as the UK’s most-watched drama of 2022 across all platforms. Internationally, sales for the first series spanned five continents, with the show seen from South Korea to Scandinavia and was crowned the winner of three Golden Nymph Awards at the Monte Carlo Television Festival including Best Series, the festival’s highest accolade.
‘The Tourist’ series two is a Two Brothers Pictures (an All3Media company) production for the BBC, in association with Stan, ZDF and All3Media International created and written by Harry and Jack Williams (‘The Missing’, ‘Baptiste’, ‘Fleabag’). Fergus O’Brien (‘Happy Valley’, ‘Gentleman Jack’) directed the opening block with Johann Perry (‘Happy Valley’, ‘Gentleman Jack’) as DOP, while Lisa Mulcahy (‘Blood’, ‘Years and Years’) and Kate Dolan (‘Kin’, ‘You Are Not My Mother’) directed blocks two and three respectively.
Alex Mercer (‘Inside Man’, ‘Crossfire’) is producer, with Louise Kiely (‘The Banshees of Inisherin’, ‘Normal People’) as casting director. Executive producers are Harry and Jack Williams (‘The Missing’, ‘Baptiste’, ‘The Tourist’), Sarah Hammond (‘Back to Life’, ‘Fleabag’, ‘The Tourist’) and Daniel Walker (‘Boat Story’, ‘The Tourist’) for Two Brothers Pictures, with Nawfal Faizullah for the BBC, and Jamie Dornan. International sales will be handled by All3Media international.
