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
Cast: Stephen Dillane, Clémence Poésy, Thibault de Montalembert
10 episodes
1. Episode 1British and French detectives are brought together when a body is discovered inside the Channel Tunnel.TV-14CC47minOct 16, 2013
2. Episode 2While the killer's second 'truth' unfolds, Stephen Beaumont crosses the paths of Karl and Elise once more.TV-14CC47minOct 23, 2013
3. Episode 3The police face a race against time to identify and capture the killer as he steps up his campaign, targeting a further elderly victim in his 'moral' crusade. TV-14CC47minOct 30, 2013
4. Episode 4Karl and Elise battle to locate an elderly soldier before he freezes to death at the hands of the killer. Meanwhile, runaway teen Sophie puts her trust in Benji. TV-14CC47minNov 6, 2013
5. Episode 5The Truth Terrorist's third truth begins as Benji carries out his Samurai mission. The police hope to use teenage runaway Sophie to help trap the killer.TV-14CC47minNov 13, 2013
6. Episode 6As the killer's incendiary fourth truth begins, Karl and Elise's suspicions fall on Stephen Beaumont. A manhunt begins, but is he the correct suspect?TV-14CC47minNov 20, 2013
7. Episode 7Police think they may finally have a lead as the serial killer's actions escalate in his fifth and final 'truth', inciting mob violence in England and France.TV-14CC47minNov 27, 2013
8. Episode 8French police capture but then lose the prime suspect before Elise mysteriously disappears. As Karl searches Danny's flat, things start to fall into place.TV-14CC47minDec 2, 2013
9. Episode 9In the cross-Channel crime thriller's penultimate instalment, events take a nasty turn for Karl as police get within a hair's breadth of catching the killer.TV-14CC47minDec 9, 2013
10. Episode 10The tense crime drama comes to an unmissable climax as Karl falls apart when the Truth Terrorist's change of direction becomes too much to bear. TV-14CC47minDec 9, 2013
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The Tunnel
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
Creators and cast
- Created by
- Ben Richards
- Cast
- Stephen Dillane, Clémence Poésy, Thibault de Montalembert, Cédric Vieira, Angel Coulby, William Ash
- Studio
- Kudos, Canal+
