The Tunnel

Synopsis

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

First Air Date: 2013-10-16

Last Air Date: 2018-01-18

Number of Seasons: 3

Number of Episodes: 24

Created By: Ben Richards

Networks: Sky Atlantic, Canal+

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Top Cast

Stephen Dillane as Karl Roebuck
Clémence Poésy as Élise Wassermann
Thibault de Montalembert as Olivier Pujol
Cédric Vieira as Phillipe Viot
Angel Coulby as Laura Roebuck
William Ash as Boleslaw 'BB' Borowski
Tobi Bakare as Chucks Akinade
Joseph Mawle as Stephen Beaumont
Tom Bateman as Danny Hillier
Sigrid Bouaziz as Cécile Cabrillac

Seasons

Season 1 (2013) - (10 Episodes)

Sabotage (2016) - (8 Episodes)

Vengeance (2017) - (6 Episodes)

Season 1 (2013)

When a prominent French politician is found dead on the border between the UK and France, presumably under the sea, detectives Karl Roebuck and Elise Wassermann are sent to investigate. The police are forced into an uneasy international alliance after a shocking crime scene discovery.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: Episode 1 (2013-10-16)

British and French detectives are brought together when a body is discovered inside the Channel Tunnel.
Ep. 2: Episode 2 (2013-10-23)

While the killer's second 'truth' unfolds, Stephen Beaumont crosses the paths of Karl and Elise once more.
Ep. 3: Episode 3 (2013-10-30)

The 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.
Ep. 4: Episode 4 (2013-11-06)

Karl 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.
Ep. 5: Episode 5 (2013-11-13)

The 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.
Ep. 6: Episode 6 (2013-11-20)

As 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?
Ep. 7: Episode 7 (2013-11-27)

Police 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.
Ep. 8: Episode 8 (2013-12-02)

French police capture but then lose the prime suspect before Elise mysteriously disappears. As Karl searches Danny's flat, things start to fall into place.
Ep. 9: Episode 9 (2013-12-09)

In 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.
Ep. 10: Episode 10 (2013-12-09)

The 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.