The Tourist Starring Jamie Dornan, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Danielle MacDonald: Meet Cast & Creators

The Series Starts on BBC1 on Saturday, January 1, 2022 at 9pm

It will run for six episodes with each dropping on the iPlayer after they have aired

In the U.S. the series is set to air on HBO Max, but there is no release date yet

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In the glowing red heart of the Australian outback, we’re outside a quiet and lonely-looking gas station. The Man refuels his car. As he pulls away, he realizes he’s being pursued. He can’t see who it is. All he can see is the vast tank truck bearing down at him. Trying to drive him off the road. The epic cat and mouse chase ends with the man tumbling off a ridge in his car. When he wakes from his accident, he’s in hospital. Somehow, he’s alive. Hurt, but alive. Except he has no idea who he is.

Not long after is when we meet local beat cop Helen, an earnest and eager to please woman locked in a constant battle with her weight and her own self-confidence. She’s sent to check in on The Man and though there are no clues about his identity she promises to help figure out who he is. It’s not her job, but she can’t help herself but be intrigued by this lost soul. Much to the frustration of quietly controlling fiancée. A clue from the crash leads The Man to a run-down diner, where he meets Luci, a waitress working there.

But soon catastrophe hits again, and only blind dumb luck sees the two of them emerge unscathed. Meanwhile, we meet Lachlan Rogers, a matter-of-fact detective inspector who’s been called out to investigate, and inevitably his questions come to focus on The Man. But it’s not just Lachlan who is looking for The Man. What does the mysterious American, Billy, want with The Man?

In a journey that twists and turns from the dusty outback of Australia to the frantic noise and lights of Singapore, The Tourist is a character-driven mystery, a story of self-discovery with a unique tone, by turns shocking, surprising, funny and brutal.

As The Man starts to uncover the mystery of who he was, he’s also forced to ask who he is now. Is the loss of his memory a chance to forge a new identity or is he doomed to repeat the mistakes of the past?

Through the six hours, the characters of Luci and Helen and Lachlan also start to take centre stage, each with their own journey of discovery to make. Big existential questions sit alongside surprising, fast-paced storytelling. There will be high-octane twists and turns, and big action set pieces, but despite the bold themes and adrenalised narrative, this is ultimately the kind of very real and very human story that everyone can relate to, played out across the almost mythic landscape of the outback, a modern-day Wild West.

The Tourist is a Two Brothers Pictures (an All3Media company) production for the BBC, in association with Highview Productions, All3Media International, the South Australian Film Corporation, HBO Max, Stan and ZDF. The 6x60 drama has been written by BAFTA®-nominated and Emmy®-winning producers and screenwriters Harry and Jack Williams (Baptiste, The Missing, Liar), who alongside Christopher Aird (Baptiste, Liar, Clique) serve as executive producers for Two Brothers Pictures and Tommy Bulfin (Normal People, Line of Duty, Peaky Blinders) for the BBC. Lisa Scott (A Sunburnt Christmas, The Hunting) produced and Chris Sweeney (Liar, Back to Life) executive produced and directed. The Tourist was commissioned by Piers Wenger, Director of BBC Drama and Charlotte Moore, BBC Chief Content Officer. International sales are handled by global partner All3Media International.

Cast
The Man - Jamie Dornan
Helen Chambers - Danielle Macdonald
Luci Miller - Shalom Brune-Franklin
Lachlan Rogers - Damon Herriman
Kosta Panigiris - Alex Dimitriades
Billy Nixon - Ólafur Darri Ólafsson
Sergeant Lammon - Kamil Ellis

Creatives
Writers & Executive Producers - Harry Williams and Jack Williams
Executive Producers - Christopher Aird and Christopher Sweeney

Directors
Block 1 – Christopher Sweeney
Block 2 – Daniel Nettheim
Producer - Lisa Scott
Assistant Producer - Catriona Renton

Director of Photography
Block 1 – Ben Wheeler
Block 2 – Geoffrey Hall ACS

Source BBC One

December 28, 2021 4:00am ET by Pressparty  

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