The Tunnel

42min

Action & Adventure

Crime

Drama

Mystery

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

Production Companies

Kudos

Canal+

Episodes

Cast

Episode 1

1. Episode 1

47min

16th Oct 2013

British and French detectives are brought together when a body is discovered inside the Channel Tunnel.

Episode 2

2. Episode 2

47min

23rd Oct 2013

While the killer's second 'truth' unfolds, Stephen Beaumont crosses the paths of Karl and Elise once more.

Episode 3

3. Episode 3

47min

30th Oct 2013

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.

Episode 4

4. Episode 4

47min

6th Nov 2013

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.

Episode 5

5. Episode 5

47min

13th Nov 2013

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.

Episode 6

6. Episode 6

47min

20th Nov 2013

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?

Episode 7

7. Episode 7

47min

27th Nov 2013

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.

Episode 8

8. Episode 8

47min

2nd Dec 2013

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.

Episode 9

9. Episode 9

47min

9th Dec 2013

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.

Episode 10

10. Episode 10

47min

9th Dec 2013

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.

First air date

16th Oct 2013

Last air date

18th Jan 2018

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks