The Tourist is a thriller drama television series. It stars Jamie Dornan as the victim of a car crash who wakes up in hospital with amnesia.
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Directed by | Chris Sweeney |
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Composer | Dominik Scherrer |
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Original language | English |
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Producer | Lisa Scott |
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Distributor | All3Media |
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Original release | 1 January 2022 (2022-01-01) – present |
The series premiered on 1 January 2022 on BBC One in the UK, the next day on Stan in Australia, and March 3 on HBO Max in the US.[1] It is distributed internationally by All3Media.[2]
In March 2022, the series was officially renewed for a second season.[3]
When a Northern Irish man wakes up with amnesia in an Australian hospital, he must use what few clues he has to discover his identity before his past catches up with him.
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.K viewers (millions) | |
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1 | "Episode 1"[4] | Chris Sweeney | Harry Williams and Jack Williams | 1 January 2022 (2022-01-01) | 8.69 | |
A man drives across the Australian outback, stopping briefly for a bathroom break. After the break, he is chased and run off the road by a cargo truck. The man wakes up in hospital with no memory of who he is, why he is there, or what has happened to him. He has a note in his jeans pocket to meet someone at a cafe at a specified time. He is ushered out of the cafe by Luci to go to the bathroom right before a bomb goes off. Billy arrives at the hospital with a bouquet of flowers looking for the man. When Luci is by herself, she deletes photos on her phone taken earlier with the man. | ||||||
2 | "Episode 2"[5] | Chris Sweeney | Harry Williams and Jack Williams | 2 January 2022 (2022-01-02) | 7.14 | |
The man and Luci race to find the mystery caller who is apparently buried alive underground in Karramundi. After unsuccessfully trying to drive there when a sandstorm impairs their progress, they finally rent a helicopter to get there. Luci and the man eventually find the mystery caller, but he is already dead. After following up with some hospital staff, Helen interviews Billy about why he went to the hospital. Helen's fiance Ethan is angry with Helen for working on the case, and thinks she should instead be spending more time with him. After seeing Luci's signature on the helicopter's insurance waiver, the man realizes that Luci is the person who wrote the note sending him to the cafe in the first place. Luci finally admits that she knows him, and that his name is Elliott Stanley. | ||||||
3 | "Episode 3"[6] | Chris Sweeney | Harry Williams and Jack Williams | 9 January 2022 (2022-01-09) | 8.25 | |
4 | "Episode 4"[7] | Daniel Nettheim | Harry Williams and Jack Williams | 16 January 2022 (2022-01-16) | 8.49 | |
5 | "Episode 5"[8] | Daniel Nettheim | Harry Williams and Jack Williams | 23 January 2022 (2022-01-23) | 9.07 | |
6 | "Episode 6"[9] | Daniel Nettheim | Harry Williams and Jack Williams | 30 January 2022 (2022-01-30) | 9.12 |
In February 2020, it was announced that BBC One and Stan would co-produce a limited mystery-thriller series written by Harry and Jack Williams, directed by Chris Sweeney, and produced by Two Brothers Pictures.[10] HBO Max later joined as a co-producer and distributor for the US market.[11] In January 2021, Jamie Dornan, Danielle Macdonald, Shalom Brune-Franklin, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Alex Dimitriades, and Hugo Weaving joined the cast of the series.[11] Damon Herriman later replaced Hugo Weaving.[12]
Filming, which began in March 2021 in South Australia, took place in the regional towns of Port Augusta and Peterborough,[13] and the Flinders Ranges,[14] with some scenes shot in Adelaide.[14] The production crew recreated Bali's Kuta Beach on Adelaide's North Haven Beach.[14] Principal photography was concluded in July 2021.[15]
The first episode of this limited series was released in the UK on 1 January 2022.[16] Later all six episodes were released on BBC iPlayer.[17] With an overall view of 18 million on its release, the series became the third most successful drama launch for the iPlayer.[18] As of March 2022, it became the most watched series on iPlayer.[19]
The series was also premiered in Australia the following day on Stan.[20]
It debuted March 3 on HBO Max in the US and Latin America, and on Amazon Prime in Canada.[1]
Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported 97% approval based on 31 reviews with an average rating of 7.60/10.[21] The site's critics consensus reads: "Jamie Dornan makes for a compelling guide through The Tourist, a beguiling drama that deepens its mystery with solid shocks and welcome moments of levity."[21] On Metacritic, the show has a weighted average score of 81 out of 100 based on 11 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".[22] Critics particularly praised Dornan's[23] and Macdonald's performances.
In a 4/5 stars review, Lucy Mangan wrote in The Guardian: "This outback thriller from the writer of The Missing is fun, stylish and clearly still has many twists up its sleeve."[24] While Ed Cumming of The Independent addressed it as Dornan's best work until then,[25] Lauren Morris in the Radio Times described it as "An unpredictable, edge-of-your-seat mystery that startles you with laugh-out-loud moments of ridiculousness."[26]
Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref |
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2022 | Logie Awards | Most Outstanding Actor | Jamie Dornan | Nominated | [27] |
Most Outstanding Miniseries or Telemovie | The Tourist | Nominated | |||
Monte Carlo Television Festival Awards | Golden Nymph Award for Best Television Series | Won | [28] | ||
Golden Nymph Award for Best Creation | Won | ||||
Betaseries Public Prize | Won | ||||
Edinburgh International Television Festival | Breakthrough Award | Danielle Macdonald | Won | [29] | |
TV Times Magazine Awards | Favourite Dramatic Performance | Jamie Dornan | Nominated | [30] | |
AACTA Technical Crafts Awards | Best Cinematography in Television | Ben Wheeler (for episode 1) | Pending | [31] | |
Geoffrey Hall (for episode 6) | Pending | ||||
Best Production Design in Television | Scott bird (for episode 1) | Pending | |||
AACTA Awards | Best Television Drama Series | The Tourist | Pending | [32] | |
Best Lead Actor in Television Drama | Jamie Dornan | Pending | |||
Royal Television Society Crafts and Design Awards | Best Sound-Drama | Paul Cotterel, Paul Carter and Del Kenneally | Pending | [33] | |
Best Picture Enhancement | Dan Coles | Pending | |||
Best Photography-Drama & Comedy | Ben Wheeler | Pending |
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