First look at Jamie Dornan's gripping new BBC drama The Tourist
WOW this looks intense 😲
Last updated 19th May 2021
Jamie Dornan's latest project - The Tourist - has been filming in the outback of South Australia for the past month.
Jamie stars in a six-part series as a British man who finds himself in the glowing red heart of the Australian outback, being pursued by a vast tank truck trying to drive him off the road.
An epic cat-and-mouse chase unfolds, and Jamie's character later wakes in hospital, hurt, but somehow alive. Except he has no idea who he is.
Full of shocking, surprising, funny and brutal turns, The Tourist is set in a world populated by quirky, enigmatic characters and off-beat comedy punctuates high-stakes action.
Jamie Dornan says: “The Tourist are some of the most exciting scripts I’ve ever read. I can’t wait to go to Australia with such a talented group of people.”
Jamie - known currently as The Man - will star alongside Danielle Macdonald as Helen Chambers and Shalom Brune-Franklin, who is set to play Luci, a waitress who's swept into The Man's journey for answers.
Harry and Jack Williams, writers and Managing Directors of Two Brothers Pictures, say: 'We're hugely excited about this show. It's tonally breaking new ground for us, and having Jamie Dornan on board is the icing on the Australian cake.'
When will The Tourist air?
A date hasn't been released yet, it looks like the cast and crew are still in south Australia filming right now.
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