{"id":8416,"date":"2021-12-08T14:27:16","date_gmt":"2021-12-08T13:27:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1534186"},"modified":"2021-12-08T14:39:10","modified_gmt":"2021-12-08T13:39:10","slug":"the-tourist-release-date-cast-trailer-and-plot-for-bbc-one-thriller","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/the-tourist-release-date-cast-trailer-and-plot-for-bbc-one-thriller\/","title":{"rendered":"The Tourist release date: Cast, trailer and plot for BBC One thriller"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Lauren Morris\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Wednesday, 08 December 2021 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Jamie Dornan will be back on our screens in the New Year in BBC One\u2019s upcoming thriller The Tourist.<\/p>\n

The series, created by Jack and Harry Williams (Baptiste<\/a>, The Missing), follows a nameless British man, who wakes up in the Australian Outback after being run off the road by a big truck with no memory of who he is.<\/p>\n

With Line of Duty<\/a>\u2018s Shalom Brune-Franklin and Bird Box<\/a>\u2018s Danielle Macdonald rounding out the impressive cast, this new drama is set to be an intriguing trip across the red hot backlands of Australia, as Dornan\u2019s character tries to figure out who he is before his enemies catch up to him.<\/p>\n

Read on for everything you need to know about The Tourist \u2013 from its release date to the latest trailer news.<\/p>

The Tourist release date<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The Tourist will air on BBC One<\/strong> and iPlayer <\/strong>on Saturday 1st January 2022.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Created by Harry and Jack Williams, the thriller consists of six episodes, which will air in January.<\/p>\n

The Tourist plot<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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The Tourist stars Jamie Dornan as a British man who is driving through the Australian outback when he\u2019s driven off the road by a huge tank truck and crashes his car. When he wakes up in hospital, he finds he can\u2019t remember who he is, why he was in Australia and what he was doing there.<\/p>\n

On top of the amnesia, the man also has shady figures from his past pursuing him through the unforgiving outback.<\/p>\n

\u201cFull of shocking, surprising, funny and brutal turns, The Tourist is set in a world populated by quirky, enigmatic characters and off-beat black comedy punctuates high-stakes action,\u201d the BBC teases.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt its heart however, is a story of self-discovery with a ticking time-bomb underneath: as The Man starts to uncover the mystery of who he was, he\u2019s also forced to ask who he is now \u2013 and fast. Will he unlock the secrets of his identify before those who are trying to kill him catch up with him.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Tourist cast<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The Tourist stars The Fall\u2019s Jamie Dornan (Fifty Shades of Grey, A Private War) as the nameless man, while Australian actor Danielle Macdonald (Unbelievable, Dumplin\u2019) plays Helen Chambers, a Probationary Constable working on his case.<\/p>\n

Rounding out the cast are Line of Duty\u2019s Shalom Brune-Franklin (Luci Miller), The Missing\u2019s \u00d3lafur Darri \u00d3lafsson (Billy Nixon), The Cry\u2019s Alex Dimitriades (Kosta Panigiris) and Mindhunter\u2019s Damon Herriman (Detective Inspector Lachlan Rogers).<\/p>\n

Hugo Weaving was originally set to play the characters of Rogers, but due to scheduling conflicts, he had to drop out of the project, with Herriman replacing him.<\/p>\n

The Tourist trailer<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The BBC released a trailer for The Tourist<\/a> at the start of the month, teasing the explosions, car chases and helicopter searches to come from the thriller.<\/p>\n