BBC\/Two Brothers Pictures\/Ian Routledge<\/i> <\/span>\n<\/div>\n
While the chaos of The Tourist seems stranger than fiction, the BBC One show is not based on a true story.<\/p>\n
In fact, the drama\u2019s creators \u2013 brothers Harry and Jack Williams \u2013 spoke to\u00a0 RadioTimes.com<\/a> in an exclusive interview about how they came up with the concept, explaining how they wanted to tackle a thriller with a comedic tone.<\/p>\n
\u201cHistorically, me and Jack have mainly done pretty dark thrillers, very serious, grim subjects and we\u2019re not grim people and we wanted to do something a bit different and tonally steer away from what we\u2019ve been doing thus far,\u201d Harry said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe idea of doing something with a comedic tone really appealed to us. So that\u2019s when we started talking, and this idea fell into place after saying let\u2019s explore that territory.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe talked about doing the existential thriller. The idea of someone trying to figure out who they are and somebody losing their memory, that felt like that way to go with it.\u201d<\/p>
Jack added that they came up with the show\u2019s opening sequence first and then worked out the rest of the story from that point onwards.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe had the beginning before we had much else. I think we worked out this opening and the chase and this guy having an accident and then we went, \u2018Oh, what if he doesn\u2019t know who he is?\u2019<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s so much about that that\u2019s interesting and suggests so many avenues. But as we said, we had those 10 pages for a long time and kept saying it to people and they\u2019d keep going, \u2018Great \u2013 what happens next?\u2019 And we didn\u2019t know.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo that was interesting too \u2013 just started with an image and a character and a sense of place, and then built it out from there.\u201d<\/p>\n
As for why they wanted to set the show Down Under, Harry said that the Outback\u2019s \u201cvast expansive emptiness\u201d felt fitting for the memory-loss drama.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere were times when we discussed America and other places, but no, the initial script was always Australia just because it felt so apposite to the character in the show and the setting,\u201d Jack added.<\/p>\n
The Tourist is available to stream on BBC iPlayer. Looking for something else to watch? Check out our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0or visit our\u00a0 Drama<\/a>\u00a0hub for more news, interviews and features.<\/strong><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n
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