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The Tunnel

7.5 / 10

2013

3 seasons

24 episodes

Action & AdventureCrimeDramaMystery

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

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Cast

Stephen Dillane

Clémence Poésy

Thibault de Montalembert

Cédric Vieira

Angel Coulby

William Ash

Tobi Bakare

Joseph Mawle

Tom Bateman

Sigrid Bouaziz

Jack Lowden

Mathieu Carrière

Seasons

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.

1.Episode 1
6.9
16-10-201347m
British and French detectives are brought together when a body is discovered inside the Channel Tunnel.
2.Episode 2
7.3
23-10-201347m
While the killer's second 'truth' unfolds, Stephen Beaumont crosses the paths of Karl and Elise once more.
3.Episode 3
7.4
30-10-201347m
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.
4.Episode 4
7.5
06-11-201347m
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.
5.Episode 5
7.3
13-11-201347m
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.
6.Episode 6
5.3
20-11-201347m
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?
7.Episode 7
7.0
27-11-201347m
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.
8.Episode 8
7.2
02-12-201347m
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.
9.Episode 9
7.0
09-12-201347m
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.
10.Episode 10
7.2
09-12-201347m
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.

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