The Tourist is a drama thriller television series starring Jamie Dornan. It currently moved to Netflix, where it is trending.
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- The Tourist is a drama thriller television series.
- It stars Jamie Dornan.
- He’s playing the victim of a car crash who wakes up in hospital with amnesia.
- The series premiered on 1 January 2022 on BBC One and BBC iPlayer in the UK.
- The next day premiered on Stan in Australia, and 3 March on HBO Max in the US
- It is distributed internationally by All3Media.
- Its first season is currently trending on Netflix global.
- Following Griselda its first season is in the second place.
- In March 2022, the series was officially renewed for a second series.
- Filming started in April 2023.
- The second series was set in Ireland.
- Second season premiered on 1 January 2024 on BBC iPlayer and BBC One in the UK and on Stan in Australia.
- In US the series has moved to Netflix after being dropped by Max.
- Netflix will launch Season 2 on 29 February 2024 and stream the first several weeks earlier.
- 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.
- HBO Max later joined as a co-producer and distributor for the US market.
- In January 2021, Jamie Dornan, Danielle Macdonald, Shalom Brune-Franklin, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Alex Dimitriades, and Hugo Weaving joined the cast of the series.
- Damon Herriman replaced Hugo Weaving a week before filming started.
- On Tuesday, 22nd March 2022, the British Broadcasting Corporation announced that they have commissioned a 6-episode second series of the drama with further details to be announced.
- The reason season 2 is set in Ireland was because Jamie Dorman didn’t want to spend several month away in Australia again. The decision was made to relocate so Jamie could be close to his family
- The town where they ask locals about a waterfall in episode 2 at around 19 mins is Quorn in the Flinders ranges , the Intercontinental hotel can be seen clearly in the background .
- In episode 4 The names in Lucie’s fake passports are the names of spice girls Melanie, Geri and Victoria.
- It’s the second series in which Jamie Dornan plays a character with amnesia. The first was the third season of The Fall.
- Filming, which began in March 2021 in South Australia, took place in the regional towns of Port Augusta and Peterborough,and the Flinders Ranges.
- Some scenes were shot in Adelaide.
- The production crew recreated Bali’s Kuta Beach on Adelaide’s North Haven Beach.
- Principal photography was concluded in July 2021.
- Filming for the second series started in April 2023 with Jamie Dornan and Danielle Macdonald returning
- Principal photography began in April 2023 in Dublin, Ireland.
- Shooting took place in and around Dublin with some scenes being shot in Bray, Djouce and the Wicklow Mountains.
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