The Tunnel
Seen it?2013 | 3 seasons | 42 min | Action & Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Weeknight Watchearly ratingWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With a short run with a modest audience, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for crime-drama fans, anyone who likes to be kept guessing and action fans. If you loved 24 or Reacher, start here.
- The mood
- Tense, dark and gritty.
- The pace
- 3 seasons: a few weeks of evenings, episodes of about 42 minutes, about 17 hours in all.
- What might put you off
- Rated TV-14. Probably too much for younger kids.
The plot follows detectives Karl Roebuck and Elise Wasserman working together to find a serial killer who left the upper-half body of a French politician and the lower-half of a British prostitute in the Channel Tunnel, at the midpoint between France and the UK. They later learn that the killer—who comes to be nicknamed the "Truth Terrorist"—is on a moral crusade to highlight many social problems, terrorising both countries in the process
How it earned its rating
- CriticsSolid
Generally positive reviews
- AudiencesSolid
7.5 out of 10
- AwardsBelow par
4 wins and 2 nominations from smaller awards and festivals
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Ran for 3 seasons and reached a small audience so far
- Buzz & cultural impactSolid
About 116K people sought it out in the past year
Season by season
The show overall is a Weeknight Watch. Here's how each season stacks up; Sabotage is the high point.
Season 12013 · 10 episodes · 7.4 out of 10Sunday
Sabotage2016 · 8 episodes · 7.7 out of 10Saturday- Vengeance2017 · 6 episodes · 7.5 out of 10Sunday
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Cast & crew
Created by Ben Richards
- Stephen DillaneKarl Roebuck
- Clémence PoésyÉlise Wassermann
- Thibault de MontalembertOlivier Pujol
- Cédric VieiraPhillipe Viot
- Angel CoulbyLaura Roebuck
- William AshBoleslaw 'BB' Borowski
- India Ria AmarteifioMaya Roebuck