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The Tunnel (TV series)

May 06, 2023

Not to be confused with the South Korean TV series Tunnel.

The Tunnel (French: Tunnel) is a British-French crime drama television series adapted from the 2011 Danish-Swedish crime series The Bridge (Bron/Broen). The series began broadcasting on 16 October 2013 on Sky Atlantic in the UK, and on 11 November 2013 on Canal+ in France. The series stars Stephen Dillane and Clémence Poésy as British and French police detectives Karl Roebuck and Elise Wassermann. The plot follows the two detectives working together to find a serial killer who left the upper half of a French politician and the lower half of a British prostitute in the Channel Tunnel at the midpoint between France and the UK. The killer is nicknamed the "Truth Terrorist" and is on a moral crusade to highlight many social problems, terrorising both countries in the process. As the series progresses, the killer's true intention is revealed.

The Tunnel
Also known asTunnel
FrenchTunnel
EnglishThe Tunnel
GenreCrime drama
Based onThe Bridge
Developed by
Written by
Directed by
Starring
Opening theme"The End of Time" – sung by Charlotte Gainsbourg
ComposersAdrian Johnston
Dominik Moll
Country of origin
  • United Kingdom
  • France
Original languages
  • English
  • French
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes24 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
  • Lars Blomgren
  • Jane Featherstone
  • Manda Levin
  • Nora Melhli
  • Anne Mensah
  • Fabrice De La Patellière
  • Karen Wilson
  • Emilia di Girolamo
ProducerRuth Kenley-Letts
Production locations
  • United Kingdom
  • France
Running time
Production companies
Release
Original network
Picture format16:9 (1080i HDTV)
Original release16 October 2013 (2013-10-16) – 14 December 2017 (2017-12-14) (United Kingdom)
11 November 2013 (2013-11-11) –
18 June 2018 (2018-06-18) (France)

The Anglo–French adaptation of The Bridge was announced as a joint project between Sky and Canal+ in January 2013. Tunnel head writer Ben Richards worked with Hans Rosenfeldt, the creator of the original series. Due to the setting, the dialogue of the series is bilingual, a first for a British / French television co-production. Filming took place between February and August 2013 with a budget of £15 million, and was shot on location in Kent, England and Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France. It was produced with both British and French crew members. The premieres on both Sky Atlantic and Canal+ received strong ratings for the respective channels, with an initial consolidated figure of almost 900,000 in the UK and 1.3 million in France. Critical reception of the series has been generally positive, with Dillane and Poésy's acting being praised, as well as the plot's grittiness. Some reviewers made favourable comparisons with The Bridge, though others criticised The Tunnel for being identical. The producers admit that the first episode is a copy of the original.

On 16 February 2015, Canal+ and Sky Atlantic announced that a second series would begin production in March,[2] set to air in early 2016, entitled The Tunnel: Sabotage,[3] and consisting of eight episodes. Series 2 would focus on the crash of an airliner into the English Channel, with Dillane and Poésy returning;[4][5] it premiered on Canal+ on 7 March 2016.[6][7] The debut on Sky Atlantic was originally set for 5 April 2016 but was put off until a week later in deference to the Brussels terrorist attacks on 22 March 2016.[8] It premiered in the UK on 12 April 2016[9] and was made available via Sky's On Demand service.[10]

The renewal for a third and final series was announced on 20 January 2017[11][12] entitled The Tunnel: Vengeance and consisting of six episodes.[13] It began filming in March 2017[14] and premiered on Sky Atlantic on 14 December 2017, with all episodes released on the same day.[15][16] Canal+ did not announce a corresponding date for France at the time of the UK release.[17][a] Season 3 premiered on Canal+ on 4 June 2018.[19][20]

In the United States, the first season aired on many PBS stations from June through August 2016.[21] The second season was broadcast from June through August 2017.[22] The third season aired July through August 2018.[23]

Cast and characters

Main

Recurring

Series 3: Vengeance

Stephen Dillane and Clémence Poésy

 
 
Stephen Dillane (left) and Clémence Poésy (right) star in the series as detectives Karl Roebuck and Elise Wassermann.

Stephen Dillane plays Detective Chief Inspector Karl Roebuck of Northbourne Police (a fictional counterpart to the real life Kent Police), an ageing British detective used to getting his own way. Roebuck's role parallels that of Martin Rohde (played by Kim Bodnia), the Danish detective in The Bridge.[25] Karl and Martin share some characteristics, but also differ in certain ways; for instance, Karl is "more educated and a more troubled man".[26] Dillane was drawn to the political questions raised in the storyline, as well as the series' "novelistic telling".[27]

Clémence Poésy plays Capitaine (later Commander) Elise Wassermann of the DCPJ, the French detective and Roebuck's opposite. Wasserman's role parallels that of Saga Norén (played by Sofia Helin), the Swedish detective in The Bridge. Elise shares some characteristics with Saga, including driving a Porsche (in Elise's case, a Porsche 944), picking up men from bars for casual sex, and exhibiting behaviour consistent with Asperger syndrome.[25][28] The innate seriousness of the character was a trait that Poésy found "quite annoying", but the actress came to appreciate Elise's honesty. Both Dillane and Poésy opted not to view the original Scandinavian series, with the latter stating that it would allow her more freedom in interpreting the character.[27] Poésy dubbed her English lines for the French broadcast.[29]

Guests

The series includes several guest stars. Joseph Mawle plays a social worker named Stephen Beaumont, Tom Bateman appears as journalist Danny Hiller, and Tobi Bakare plays Chuks Akinade.[30] Thibault de Montalembert plays Olivier Pujol, who is the head of the Calais police service, and Elise's superior.[30][31] Sigrid Bouaziz plays Cécile Cabrillac and Cédric Vieira plays Philippe Viot; these characters are police officers who work with Elise.[32][33] Mathieu Carrière and Jeanne Balibar play banker Alain Joubert, and his wife Charlotte, respectively. Merlin actress Angel Coulby stars as Laura Roebuck, Karl's wife, while Jack Lowden plays Adam, his son. Keeley Hawes guest-starred as Suze Harcourt, a care worker and drug addict, along with Liz Smith, who plays Harriet, an elderly woman under Harcourt's care.[30]

James Frain plays Kieran Ashton ("John Sumner"), a former colleague of Karl, who faked his suicide and became the Truth Terrorist, serving as the primary antagonist of the first season and a behind-the-scenes antagonist in the second season. The character is motivated by the loss of his identity and family, as well as betrayal from Karl by his affair with Kieran's wife before her death. Frain believed that Kieran is the most disturbing character he has played. Portraying the character, the actor wanted to make his actions understandable, though not justifiable.[34]

Development and production

The Anglo–French adaption of the Danish/Swedish series The Bridge was first announced by Sky in January 2013. The ten-part series was to be a co-production between British broadcaster Sky and French broadcaster Canal+. Sky Atlantic director Elaine Pyke commissioned the show with the intention of establishing the channel as a home for British dramas following the channel's release of the drama series Hit & Miss and Falcón. Due to the setting of the series, it would be bilingual, with dialogue being spoken in English and French.[35] This made The Tunnel, according to its producers, the first series in British and French television to be bilingual.[36][37]

"The Bridge is an incredible nuanced serial killer thriller, but what writer Ben Richards has done is something particular to the whole French–British experience. We're neighbours, we have so much in common and yet we're thousands of miles apart on so many things."

– Jane Featherstone on the British and French dynamic of the series[26]

Being a "50–50 co-production" between the British and French, the crew were a mix from both countries, and neither party has "final control".[38] The series employed both British and French writers and directors to collaborate on the series, with former Spooks writer Ben Richards leading the writing team.[36] Multiple versions of the script were used, which were translated for both languages.[38] Five directors were hired for the series, three of them British and the other two French. Dominik Moll is considered the head director,[25][26] with the other directors being Hettie MacDonald, Thomas Vincent, Udayan Prasad and Philip Martin.[39] The series' executive producers are Sky's Anne Mensah; Canal+'s Fabrice De La Patellière; Kudos' Jane Featherstone, Karen Wilson, Manda Levin and Ben Richards; Shine France's Nora Melhli; and Filmlance's Lars Blomgren. Ruth Kenley-Letts is the series producer.[36] Jane Featherstone, the chief executive of the production company Kudos, said of the British–French collaboration: "We have had to work very collaboratively to make sure we are appealing to both nations. I honestly don't know if we have got that right yet. The French like things to be slightly slower, we like them pacier."[40]

In developing the storyline of the series Featherstone said that "the team took what was wonderful from [the original] and then forgot about it, in the nicest possible way, and made their own show."[25] While working for the series, Richards worked with Hans Rosenfeldt, the Swedish writer who created The Bridge. Many aspects of the first episode are virtual copies of the first episode of the Scandinavian series, including: the female lead "stripping unselfconsciously to her underwear in the office", the male lead's relationship with his teenage son, and the "sleazy journalist [being] held captive in his own car with a ticking bomb", the last of which was a sequence Richards wanted to repeat in the remake. However, Richards said that as the series progressed and the drama unfolded the storylines would diverge from the original.[26] Featherstone also noted there would be plenty of changes, saying that many had "seen both [The Bridge and The Tunnel], who feel that they get satisfaction because the characters go on different journeys and the actors all bring a whole new level of interest in it".[41]

Filming and locations

 
Some scenes were filmed in the Channel Tunnel (pictured, entrance to the tunnel in Coquelles, France)

The budget of the series is estimated to be £15 million.[40] Filming began in February 2013[30] and concluded in August 2013,[42] with location shooting largely taken place in Kent and northern France.[26] Filming in Kent was based in Discovery Park in Sandwich and was supported by the Kent Film Office.[38] A former Pfizer facility was used as a number of sets, including the Calais police station and Elise's apartment.[43] The series was filmed throughout five districts: Canterbury, Dover, Folkestone and Hythe, Swale and Thanet. Several prominent locales were featured, including Folkestone Harbour; The Turner Contemporary art gallery; Westwood Cross shopping centre; and the towns of Dover, Folkestone and Margate. Production also made use of the Kent Film Office's legal powers to close certain roads for uninterrupted filming.[42][44] An estimated £2.5 million of the budget was spent on, among other services, accommodation, locations, parking and catering, providing a boost for the Kent economy.[44] The filming in France was supported by the Nord-Pas de Calais Film Commission and benefited from the Tax Rebate International. Shooting took place over 31 days across Boulogne-sur-Mer, Calais, Dunkerque,[45] and Wissant.[citation needed]

Some scenes of The Tunnel were also shot in the Channel Tunnel itself, which makes the series the first television drama production to do so.[26] The producers spent "months of gentle negotiation" with Eurotunnel, the company that operates the tunnel, for permission to shoot scenes there. Eurotunnel allowed it. According to Moll, "The only thing they didn't want was to see train passengers in danger or fires." Moll also noted that they did not shoot in the actual midpoint of the tunnel, stating "once you are a few kilometres in, it all looks the same."[25]

Filming for series two again took place in Kent and France. The production filmed for 85 days in Kent between April and July 2015, with a further 50 days in the county for pre- and post-production, spending an estimated £1.5 million.[46] The Kent filming locations included Eurotunnel, Folkestone Harbour, Discovery Park, Deal (including the pier), Folkestone, Dover (including the port and Dover Castle), Westwood Industrial Estate Margate, Ramsgate, The Barn in Upstreet, St Martin's Hospital, and Knowlton Court.[47]

For series three, filming locations in East Kent included Reculver, Botany Bay, Ramsgate Royal Harbour and Port of Dover.[48]

Release

Broadcast

The Tunnel had a world premiere on 7 October 2013 in France at the international television trade exhibition MIPCOM in Cannes.[49]

In the United Kingdom, Sky Atlantic premiered the series on 16 October 2013 at 9 pm, and continued weekly until 18 December.[50] The debut was seen by an average of 362,000 overnight viewers, considered strong ratings for the channel.[51] With consolidated ratings taken into account, the first episode went up to 803,000 viewers on Sky Atlantic, with an extra 90,000 viewing from its catch-up channel, Sky Atlantic +1.[52] However, the second episode dropped a third of its overnight audience, leaving it with 236,000 viewers.[53] The finale was seen by 267,000 overnight viewers.[54]

In France, the series premiered on Canal+ on 11 November 2013 at 8:55 pm, with two out of ten episodes airing consecutively,[55][56] and concluded on 9 December 2013.[57] The premiere attracted 1.3 million viewers, making it one of the highest rated original series debut for the channel.[58][59] The first series had an average audience of 1.04 million viewers per episode.[57]

Series 2, titled The Tunnel: Sabotage, premiered on Canal+ on 7 March 2016,[6][7] and concluded on 28 March 2016.[60]

The second series debut on Sky Atlantic was originally set for 5 April 2016 but was put off until a week later in deference to the Brussels terrorist attacks on 22 March 2016.[8] Series 2 premiered in the UK on 12 April 2016[9] and was made available via Sky's On Demand service.[10] The season finished on 31 May 2016.[61]

Series 3, titled The Tunnel: Vengeance, premiered on Sky Atlantic on 14 December 2017, with all episodes released on the same day.[15][16] The season premiered on Canal+ on 4 June 2018,[62][63] and the finale aired on 18 June 2018.[64][65]

In the United States, The Tunnel was broadcast on many PBS stations. Season 1 aired from 19 June through 21 August 2016,[21] Season 2 from 15 June through 3 August 2017,[22] and Season 3 from 1 July through 5 August 2018.[23]

The Tunnel is distributed by Endemol Shine International in the U.S.[66]

Home media

A four-disc DVD box set (Region 2) of Series 1 was released in France by StudioCanal on 20 December 2013, with special features including a "making of" feature and interviews featuring Clémence Poésy and Dominik Moll.[67][68] The DVD and Blu-ray of Series 1 was released in the United Kingdom on 13 January 2014 by Acorn Media UK, and includes three discs, with special features including a making-of feature, cast and crew interviews, and a picture gallery.[69][70]

The box set of Series 2 was released in France by StudioCanal on 29 March 2016.[71]

Starting on 1 February 2014, the first episodes of The Tunnel – along with some other original Sky Television series – were released for free in the UK on YouTube as an attempt to attract more Sky subscribers.[72]

All 3 seasons are streaming on Voot Select in India.[73]

Episodes

Main article: List of The Tunnel episodes
SeriesEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast airedNetwork
11016 October 2013 (2013-10-16)18 December 2013 (2013-12-18)Sky Atlantic
287 March 2016 (2016-03-07)28 March 2016 (2016-03-28)Canal+
3614 December 2017 (2017-12-14)Sky Atlantic

Reception

The Tunnel received generally positive reviews from television critics. Alex Fletcher of Digital Spy stated that while remakes are "often underwhelming", The Tunnel was "gripping stuff", and he believed that viewers "should find plenty to enjoy" in the series. The performances of Dillane and Poésy were also lauded.[74] Gerard Gilbert of The Independent was positive in his assessment of the series, stating that "as an avid fan of The Bridge, I am happy to report that The Tunnel works well in its own right – it's intelligently made, well cast and ambitiously cinematic", adding that it had "succeeded in its high-risk strategy of re-working a near-flawless Scandi-drama in our Anglo-French image".[26] Ellen E Jones, also of The Independent, said that Dillane and Poésy's performances "stuck closely" to the original characterisation of the leads from the Scandinavian version. Of the execution, Jones stated: "should you bother watching The Tunnel even if you've already seen the original? The early signs are good. The makers obviously have sense enough to preserve what was effective about the original, and invention enough to distinguish their work too."[75]

"As a global TV franchise, it's pure gold: there's a US-Mexican version already screening and there are frontiers all over the world with tension and history dotted across the boundary. The South Korea-North Korea would be ace."

– Metro reviewer Keith Watson[76]

In a review posted early in the first season, Gerard O'Donovan of The Daily Telegraph expressed mixed feelings about the series "so far at least", saying: "there was no sense that this was doing much different from other mainstream crime thrillers. Sticking too close to the original script meant a golden opportunity was missed to dig deeper into the attitudes and history that both connect and divide the UK and France". However, he also wrote that he would be "happy to be persuaded otherwise if the action develops".[77]

Harry Venning of The Stage believed that, plotwise, the collaboration between the British and French police forces and style were "all very effectively done, creepily atmospheric and splendidly gruesome", but also stated that the best thing about the series was "the interplay between Stephen Dillane's easygoing, laddish, rosbif detective inspector and his po-faced, glacial but – wouldn't you know it – extremely sexy Gallic counterpart, played by Clémence Poésy."[78] Metro reviewer Keith Watson, having rated the series four stars out of five, stated: "the idea is great. But what's surprising about The Tunnel (Sky Atlantic) is that it's less a version of, more a faithful remake."[76]

The Guardian posted a number of reviews on its website. Julia Raeside deemed the series a "perfectly cast remake of Swedish-Danish crime hit", and stated that "this confirms Dillane as one of our very finest. Such control. Poésy is beautifully chilly, and Joseph Mawle (another cracker) leads an asylum-seeker subplot. It's also really funny."[79] Writing about the finale, Reaside said of Dillane's performance: "If this were on a terrestrial channel, he'd be up for all the awards."[80] On the Karl–Elise partnership, she stated: "I wasn't sure about them as a pairing but was immediately convinced by their uncomfortable chemistry."[81] Having not enjoyed The Bridge, Andrew Anthony called The Tunnel an "attractive proposition", adding that "there's an engaging confidence to the slow revelation of the story. All in all, this looks good."[82] Sam Wollaston was more critical of the series, stating that, while the tone was "atmospheric, intriguing, gripping" and there were strong performances from the lead cast members, The Tunnel was "exactly the same as the (recent) original". Wollaston felt that the only "obvious" difference was that, in the original series, there "was a bridge, this is a tunnel. However magnificent an engineering feat the Channel tunnel is, it can't compete as a spectacular location with the Øresund Bridge."[83]

Awards and nominations

Broadcasting Press Guild Awards

Year Category Nominee Result Ref
2014 Best Multichannel Programme The Tunnel, a co-production of Kudos and Shine France Films in association with Filmlance for Sky Atlantic HD & CANAL+ Won [84][85]

Globes de Cristal Award

Year Category Nominee Result Ref
2014 Best Television Film / Television Series
(French: Meilleur Téléfilm / Série Télévisée) 		Tunnel, by Dominik Moll and Ben Richards, Series 1 (Canal+) Won [86][87]

Guild of British Camera Technicians

Year Category Nominee Result Ref
2016 BSC/ACO/GBCT Television Drama Operators Award Joe Russell, The Tunnel: Sabotage – Episodes 2, 3, 5 & 6 Won [88][89]

International Emmy Award

Year Category Nominee Result Ref
2014 Best Drama Series The Tunnel Nominated [90]
2014 Best Performance by an Actor Stephen Dillane, The Tunnel Won [91][92]

Royal Television Society

Year Category Nominee Result Ref
2014 Actor – Male Stephen Dillane, The Tunnel Nominated [93][94]
2014 Music – Original Score Adrian Johnston, The Tunnel Won [95]
2014 Music – Original Title Adrian Johnston and Dominik Moll, The Tunnel Won [95]
2016 Editing – Drama Katie Weiland, The Tunnel: Sabotage Nominated [96]
2016 Sound – Drama Simon Bysshe, Nigel Squibbs, Jamie Caple and Jeremy Price, The Tunnel: Sabotage Won [96]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Asked in an October 2017 interview when the new season was going to premiere, Clémence Poésy said, "I do not know if season 3 will be broadcast in France".[18]

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Further reading

  • Mandin, Benoit (18 June 2018). "Tunnel (Canal+) : une saison 4 après la mort d'Elise (Clémence Poésy)". Toutelatele (in French). Tunnel (Canal +): season 4 after the death of Elise (Clémence Poésy)?
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External links

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tunnel, series, confused, with, south, korean, series, tunnel, tunnel, french, tunnel, british, french, crime, drama, television, series, adapted, from, 2011, danish, swedish, crime, series, bridge, bron, broen, series, began, broadcasting, october, 2013, atla. Not to be confused with the South Korean TV series Tunnel The Tunnel French Tunnel is a British French crime drama television series adapted from the 2011 Danish Swedish crime series The Bridge Bron Broen The series began broadcasting on 16 October 2013 on Sky Atlantic in the UK and on 11 November 2013 on Canal in France The series stars Stephen Dillane and Clemence Poesy as British and French police detectives Karl Roebuck and Elise Wassermann The plot follows the two detectives working together to find a serial killer who left the upper half of a French politician and the lower half of a British prostitute in the Channel Tunnel at the midpoint between France and the UK The killer is nicknamed the Truth Terrorist and is on a moral crusade to highlight many social problems terrorising both countries in the process As the series progresses the killer s true intention is revealed The TunnelAlso known asTunnelFrenchTunnelEnglishThe TunnelGenreCrime dramaBased onThe BridgeDeveloped byBen Richards Hans RosenfeldtWritten byEmma FrostGeorge KayOlivier KohnChris LangYann Le NivertBen RichardsEmilia di GirolamoDirected byHettie MacDonaldPhilip MartinDominik MollUdayan PrasadThomas VincentStarringStephen DillaneClemence PoesyAngel CoulbyThibault de MontalembertCedric VieiraThibaut EvrardWilliam AshJuliette NavisFanny LeurentOpening theme The End of Time sung by Charlotte GainsbourgComposersAdrian JohnstonDominik MollCountry of originUnited KingdomFranceOriginal languagesEnglishFrenchNo of seasons3No of episodes24 list of episodes ProductionExecutive producersLars BlomgrenJane FeatherstoneManda LevinNora MelhliAnne MensahFabrice De La PatelliereKaren WilsonEmilia di GirolamoProducerRuth Kenley LettsProduction locationsUnited KingdomFranceRunning time46 minutes Sky Atlantic 52 minutes Canal 1 Production companiesKudosShine FranceReleaseOriginal networkSky AtlanticCanal Picture format16 9 1080i HDTV Original release16 October 2013 2013 10 16 14 December 2017 2017 12 14 United Kingdom 11 November 2013 2013 11 11 18 June 2018 2018 06 18 France The Anglo French adaptation of The Bridge was announced as a joint project between Sky and Canal in January 2013 Tunnel head writer Ben Richards worked with Hans Rosenfeldt the creator of the original series Due to the setting the dialogue of the series is bilingual a first for a British French television co production Filming took place between February and August 2013 with a budget of 15 million and was shot on location in Kent England and Nord Pas de Calais France It was produced with both British and French crew members The premieres on both Sky Atlantic and Canal received strong ratings for the respective channels with an initial consolidated figure of almost 900 000 in the UK and 1 3 million in France Critical reception of the series has been generally positive with Dillane and Poesy s acting being praised as well as the plot s grittiness Some reviewers made favourable comparisons with The Bridge though others criticised The Tunnel for being identical The producers admit that the first episode is a copy of the original On 16 February 2015 Canal and Sky Atlantic announced that a second series would begin production in March 2 set to air in early 2016 entitled The Tunnel Sabotage 3 and consisting of eight episodes Series 2 would focus on the crash of an airliner into the English Channel with Dillane and Poesy returning 4 5 it premiered on Canal on 7 March 2016 6 7 The debut on Sky Atlantic was originally set for 5 April 2016 but was put off until a week later in deference to the Brussels terrorist attacks on 22 March 2016 8 It premiered in the UK on 12 April 2016 9 and was made available via Sky s On Demand service 10 The renewal for a third and final series was announced on 20 January 2017 11 12 entitled The Tunnel Vengeance and consisting of six episodes 13 It began filming in March 2017 14 and premiered on Sky Atlantic on 14 December 2017 with all episodes released on the same day 15 16 Canal did not announce a corresponding date for France at the time of the UK release 17 a Season 3 premiered on Canal on 4 June 2018 19 20 In the United States the first season aired on many PBS stations from June through August 2016 21 The second season was broadcast from June through August 2017 22 The third season aired July through August 2018 23 Contents 1 Cast and characters 1 1 Main 1 2 Recurring 1 2 1 Series 1 1 2 2 Series 2 Sabotage 1 2 3 Series 3 Vengeance 1 2 4 Stephen Dillane and Clemence Poesy 1 2 5 Guests 2 Development and production 2 1 Filming and locations 3 Release 3 1 Broadcast 3 2 Home media 4 Episodes 5 Reception 5 1 Awards and nominations 5 1 1 Broadcasting Press Guild Awards 5 1 2 Globes de Cristal Award 5 1 3 Guild of British Camera Technicians 5 1 4 International Emmy Award 5 1 5 Royal Television Society 6 See also 7 Notes 8 References 9 Further reading 10 External linksCast and characters EditMain Edit Stephen Dillane as Det Chief Inspector Karl Roebuck Clemence Poesy as Captain Commander Elise Wassermann Angel Coulby as Laura Roebuck Regular Series 1 2 Guest Series 3 Thibault de Montalembert as Commander Olivier Pujol Cedric Vieira as Lieutenant Phillipe Viot Thibaut Evrard as Gael Series 1 2 Fanny Leurent as Officer Julie William Ash as Det Constable Boleslaw BB Borowski Series 2 3 Juliette Navis as Lieutenant Louise Renard Series 2 3 Laura de Boer as Eryka Klein Series 2 Marie Dompnier as Madeleine Fournier Series 2 Emilia Fox as Vanessa Hamilton Series 2 Johan Heldenbergh as Robert Fournier Series 2 Hannah John Kamen as Rosa Persaud Series 2 Stanley Townsend as Chief Superintendent Mike Bowden Series 2 Christine Bottomley as Helena Carver Series 3 Eileen Davies as Lilian Wright Series 3 24 William Gaminara as Wesley Pollinger Series 3 Valentin Merlet fr as Commander Astor Chaput Series 3 Felicity Montagu as Chief Superintendent Winnie Miles Series 3 Angeliki Papoulia as Lana Khasanovic Series 3 Sharon Rooney as Kiki Stokes Series 3 Brian Vernel as Anton Stokes Series 3 Recurring Edit Series 1 Edit Tobi Bakare as Det Constable Chuks Akinade Jeanne Balibar as Charlotte Joubert Tom Bateman as Danny Hillier Sigrid Bouaziz as Cecile Cabrillac Mathieu Carriere as Alain Joubert Catalina Denis as Veronica Nigel Lindsay as Jonno Jack Lowden as Adam Roebuck Joseph Mawle as Stephen Beaumont Keeley Hawes as Suze Beaumont James Frain as John Sumner Anastasia Hille as Det Superintendent Andrea Kerrigan Ed Skrein as Anthony Jean Toussaint Bernard as Mathieu Series 2 Sabotage Edit Nicolas Wanczycki as Thibaut Briand Mish Boyko as Stefan Cyzrko Edyta Budnik as Vladka Horvath Clarke Peters as Sonny Persaud Paul Schneider as Artem Baturin Con O Neill as Neil Grey Jan Bijvoet as The Chemist Series 3 Vengeance EditAngela Wynter as Celeste India Ria Amarteifio as Maya Roebuck Wim Willaert as Jacques Moreau Tony Jayawardena as Lawrence Taylor Nicholas Burns as Richard Carver Phil Zimmerman as Jimmy Jones Liliane Rovere as Edith Dutheil Stephen Dillane and Clemence Poesy Edit Stephen Dillane left and Clemence Poesy right star in the series as detectives Karl Roebuck and Elise Wassermann Stephen Dillane plays Detective Chief Inspector Karl Roebuck of Northbourne Police a fictional counterpart to the real life Kent Police an ageing British detective used to getting his own way Roebuck s role parallels that of Martin Rohde played by Kim Bodnia the Danish detective in The Bridge 25 Karl and Martin share some characteristics but also differ in certain ways for instance Karl is more educated and a more troubled man 26 Dillane was drawn to the political questions raised in the storyline as well as the series novelistic telling 27 Clemence Poesy plays Capitaine later Commander Elise Wassermann of the DCPJ the French detective and Roebuck s opposite Wasserman s role parallels that of Saga Noren played by Sofia Helin the Swedish detective in The Bridge Elise shares some characteristics with Saga including driving a Porsche in Elise s case a Porsche 944 picking up men from bars for casual sex and exhibiting behaviour consistent with Asperger syndrome 25 28 The innate seriousness of the character was a trait that Poesy found quite annoying but the actress came to appreciate Elise s honesty Both Dillane and Poesy opted not to view the original Scandinavian series with the latter stating that it would allow her more freedom in interpreting the character 27 Poesy dubbed her English lines for the French broadcast 29 Guests Edit The series includes several guest stars Joseph Mawle plays a social worker named Stephen Beaumont Tom Bateman appears as journalist Danny Hiller and Tobi Bakare plays Chuks Akinade 30 Thibault de Montalembert plays Olivier Pujol who is the head of the Calais police service and Elise s superior 30 31 Sigrid Bouaziz plays Cecile Cabrillac and Cedric Vieira plays Philippe Viot these characters are police officers who work with Elise 32 33 Mathieu Carriere and Jeanne Balibar play banker Alain Joubert and his wife Charlotte respectively Merlin actress Angel Coulby stars as Laura Roebuck Karl s wife while Jack Lowden plays Adam his son Keeley Hawes guest starred as Suze Harcourt a care worker and drug addict along with Liz Smith who plays Harriet an elderly woman under Harcourt s care 30 James Frain plays Kieran Ashton John Sumner a former colleague of Karl who faked his suicide and became the Truth Terrorist serving as the primary antagonist of the first season and a behind the scenes antagonist in the second season The character is motivated by the loss of his identity and family as well as betrayal from Karl by his affair with Kieran s wife before her death Frain believed that Kieran is the most disturbing character he has played Portraying the character the actor wanted to make his actions understandable though not justifiable 34 Development and production EditThe Anglo French adaption of the Danish Swedish series The Bridge was first announced by Sky in January 2013 The ten part series was to be a co production between British broadcaster Sky and French broadcaster Canal Sky Atlantic director Elaine Pyke commissioned the show with the intention of establishing the channel as a home for British dramas following the channel s release of the drama series Hit amp Miss and Falcon Due to the setting of the series it would be bilingual with dialogue being spoken in English and French 35 This made The Tunnel according to its producers the first series in British and French television to be bilingual 36 37 The Bridge is an incredible nuanced serial killer thriller but what writer Ben Richards has done is something particular to the whole French British experience We re neighbours we have so much in common and yet we re thousands of miles apart on so many things Jane Featherstone on the British and French dynamic of the series 26 Being a 50 50 co production between the British and French the crew were a mix from both countries and neither party has final control 38 The series employed both British and French writers and directors to collaborate on the series with former Spooks writer Ben Richards leading the writing team 36 Multiple versions of the script were used which were translated for both languages 38 Five directors were hired for the series three of them British and the other two French Dominik Moll is considered the head director 25 26 with the other directors being Hettie MacDonald Thomas Vincent Udayan Prasad and Philip Martin 39 The series executive producers are Sky s Anne Mensah Canal s Fabrice De La Patelliere Kudos Jane Featherstone Karen Wilson Manda Levin and Ben Richards Shine France s Nora Melhli and Filmlance s Lars Blomgren Ruth Kenley Letts is the series producer 36 Jane Featherstone the chief executive of the production company Kudos said of the British French collaboration We have had to work very collaboratively to make sure we are appealing to both nations I honestly don t know if we have got that right yet The French like things to be slightly slower we like them pacier 40 In developing the storyline of the series Featherstone said that the team took what was wonderful from the original and then forgot about it in the nicest possible way and made their own show 25 While working for the series Richards worked with Hans Rosenfeldt the Swedish writer who created The Bridge Many aspects of the first episode are virtual copies of the first episode of the Scandinavian series including the female lead stripping unselfconsciously to her underwear in the office the male lead s relationship with his teenage son and the sleazy journalist being held captive in his own car with a ticking bomb the last of which was a sequence Richards wanted to repeat in the remake However Richards said that as the series progressed and the drama unfolded the storylines would diverge from the original 26 Featherstone also noted there would be plenty of changes saying that many had seen both The Bridge and The Tunnel who feel that they get satisfaction because the characters go on different journeys and the actors all bring a whole new level of interest in it 41 Filming and locations Edit Some scenes were filmed in the Channel Tunnel pictured entrance to the tunnel in Coquelles France The budget of the series is estimated to be 15 million 40 Filming began in February 2013 30 and concluded in August 2013 42 with location shooting largely taken place in Kent and northern France 26 Filming in Kent was based in Discovery Park in Sandwich and was supported by the Kent Film Office 38 A former Pfizer facility was used as a number of sets including the Calais police station and Elise s apartment 43 The series was filmed throughout five districts Canterbury Dover Folkestone and Hythe Swale and Thanet Several prominent locales were featured including Folkestone Harbour The Turner Contemporary art gallery Westwood Cross shopping centre and the towns of Dover Folkestone and Margate Production also made use of the Kent Film Office s legal powers to close certain roads for uninterrupted filming 42 44 An estimated 2 5 million of the budget was spent on among other services accommodation locations parking and catering providing a boost for the Kent economy 44 The filming in France was supported by the Nord Pas de Calais Film Commission and benefited from the Tax Rebate International Shooting took place over 31 days across Boulogne sur Mer Calais Dunkerque 45 and Wissant citation needed Some scenes of The Tunnel were also shot in the Channel Tunnel itself which makes the series the first television drama production to do so 26 The producers spent months of gentle negotiation with Eurotunnel the company that operates the tunnel for permission to shoot scenes there Eurotunnel allowed it According to Moll The only thing they didn t want was to see train passengers in danger or fires Moll also noted that they did not shoot in the actual midpoint of the tunnel stating once you are a few kilometres in it all looks the same 25 Filming for series two again took place in Kent and France The production filmed for 85 days in Kent between April and July 2015 with a further 50 days in the county for pre and post production spending an estimated 1 5 million 46 The Kent filming locations included Eurotunnel Folkestone Harbour Discovery Park Deal including the pier Folkestone Dover including the port and Dover Castle Westwood Industrial Estate Margate Ramsgate The Barn in Upstreet St Martin s Hospital and Knowlton Court 47 For series three filming locations in East Kent included Reculver Botany Bay Ramsgate Royal Harbour and Port of Dover 48 Release EditBroadcast Edit The Tunnel had a world premiere on 7 October 2013 in France at the international television trade exhibition MIPCOM in Cannes 49 In the United Kingdom Sky Atlantic premiered the series on 16 October 2013 at 9 pm and continued weekly until 18 December 50 The debut was seen by an average of 362 000 overnight viewers considered strong ratings for the channel 51 With consolidated ratings taken into account the first episode went up to 803 000 viewers on Sky Atlantic with an extra 90 000 viewing from its catch up channel Sky Atlantic 1 52 However the second episode dropped a third of its overnight audience leaving it with 236 000 viewers 53 The finale was seen by 267 000 overnight viewers 54 In France the series premiered on Canal on 11 November 2013 at 8 55 pm with two out of ten episodes airing consecutively 55 56 and concluded on 9 December 2013 57 The premiere attracted 1 3 million viewers making it one of the highest rated original series debut for the channel 58 59 The first series had an average audience of 1 04 million viewers per episode 57 Series 2 titled The Tunnel Sabotage premiered on Canal on 7 March 2016 6 7 and concluded on 28 March 2016 60 The second series debut on Sky Atlantic was originally set for 5 April 2016 but was put off until a week later in deference to the Brussels terrorist attacks on 22 March 2016 8 Series 2 premiered in the UK on 12 April 2016 9 and was made available via Sky s On Demand service 10 The season finished on 31 May 2016 61 Series 3 titled The Tunnel Vengeance premiered on Sky Atlantic on 14 December 2017 with all episodes released on the same day 15 16 The season premiered on Canal on 4 June 2018 62 63 and the finale aired on 18 June 2018 64 65 In the United States The Tunnel was broadcast on many PBS stations Season 1 aired from 19 June through 21 August 2016 21 Season 2 from 15 June through 3 August 2017 22 and Season 3 from 1 July through 5 August 2018 23 The Tunnel is distributed by Endemol Shine International in the U S 66 Home media Edit A four disc DVD box set Region 2 of Series 1 was released in France by StudioCanal on 20 December 2013 with special features including a making of feature and interviews featuring Clemence Poesy and Dominik Moll 67 68 The DVD and Blu ray of Series 1 was released in the United Kingdom on 13 January 2014 by Acorn Media UK and includes three discs with special features including a making of feature cast and crew interviews and a picture gallery 69 70 The box set of Series 2 was released in France by StudioCanal on 29 March 2016 71 Starting on 1 February 2014 the first episodes of The Tunnel along with some other original Sky Television series were released for free in the UK on YouTube as an attempt to attract more Sky subscribers 72 All 3 seasons are streaming on Voot Select in India 73 Episodes EditMain article List of The Tunnel episodes SeriesEpisodesOriginally airedFirst airedLast airedNetwork11016 October 2013 2013 10 16 18 December 2013 2013 12 18 Sky Atlantic287 March 2016 2016 03 07 28 March 2016 2016 03 28 Canal 3614 December 2017 2017 12 14 Sky AtlanticReception EditThe Tunnel received generally positive reviews from television critics Alex Fletcher of Digital Spy stated that while remakes are often underwhelming The Tunnel was gripping stuff and he believed that viewers should find plenty to enjoy in the series The performances of Dillane and Poesy were also lauded 74 Gerard Gilbert of The Independent was positive in his assessment of the series stating that as an avid fan of The Bridge I am happy to report that The Tunnel works well in its own right it s intelligently made well cast and ambitiously cinematic adding that it had succeeded in its high risk strategy of re working a near flawless Scandi drama in our Anglo French image 26 Ellen E Jones also of The Independent said that Dillane and Poesy s performances stuck closely to the original characterisation of the leads from the Scandinavian version Of the execution Jones stated should you bother watching The Tunnel even if you ve already seen the original The early signs are good The makers obviously have sense enough to preserve what was effective about the original and invention enough to distinguish their work too 75 As a global TV franchise it s pure gold there s a US Mexican version already screening and there are frontiers all over the world with tension and history dotted across the boundary The South Korea North Korea would be ace Metro reviewer Keith Watson 76 In a review posted early in the first season Gerard O Donovan of The Daily Telegraph expressed mixed feelings about the series so far at least saying there was no sense that this was doing much different from other mainstream crime thrillers Sticking too close to the original script meant a golden opportunity was missed to dig deeper into the attitudes and history that both connect and divide the UK and France However he also wrote that he would be happy to be persuaded otherwise if the action develops 77 Harry Venning of The Stage believed that plotwise the collaboration between the British and French police forces and style were all very effectively done creepily atmospheric and splendidly gruesome but also stated that the best thing about the series was the interplay between Stephen Dillane s easygoing laddish rosbif detective inspector and his po faced glacial but wouldn t you know it extremely sexy Gallic counterpart played by Clemence Poesy 78 Metro reviewer Keith Watson having rated the series four stars out of five stated the idea is great But what s surprising about The Tunnel Sky Atlantic is that it s less a version of more a faithful remake 76 The Guardian posted a number of reviews on its website Julia Raeside deemed the series a perfectly cast remake of Swedish Danish crime hit and stated that this confirms Dillane as one of our very finest Such control Poesy is beautifully chilly and Joseph Mawle another cracker leads an asylum seeker subplot It s also really funny 79 Writing about the finale Reaside said of Dillane s performance If this were on a terrestrial channel he d be up for all the awards 80 On the Karl Elise partnership she stated I wasn t sure about them as a pairing but was immediately convinced by their uncomfortable chemistry 81 Having not enjoyed The Bridge Andrew Anthony called The Tunnel an attractive proposition adding that there s an engaging confidence to the slow revelation of the story All in all this looks good 82 Sam Wollaston was more critical of the series stating that while the tone was atmospheric intriguing gripping and there were strong performances from the lead cast members The Tunnel was exactly the same as the recent original Wollaston felt that the only obvious difference was that in the original series there was a bridge this is a tunnel However magnificent an engineering feat the Channel tunnel is it can t compete as a spectacular location with the Oresund Bridge 83 Awards and nominations Edit Broadcasting Press Guild Awards Edit Year Category Nominee Result Ref2014 Best Multichannel Programme The Tunnel a co production of Kudos and Shine France Films in association with Filmlance for Sky Atlantic HD amp CANAL Won 84 85 Globes de Cristal Award Edit Year Category Nominee Result Ref2014 Best Television Film Television Series French Meilleur Telefilm Serie Televisee Tunnel by Dominik Moll and Ben Richards Series 1 Canal Won 86 87 Guild of British Camera Technicians Edit Year Category Nominee Result Ref2016 BSC ACO GBCT Television Drama Operators Award Joe Russell The Tunnel Sabotage Episodes 2 3 5 amp 6 Won 88 89 International Emmy Award Edit Year Category Nominee Result Ref2014 Best Drama Series The Tunnel Nominated 90 2014 Best Performance by an Actor Stephen Dillane The Tunnel Won 91 92 Royal Television Society Edit Year Category Nominee Result Ref2014 Actor Male Stephen Dillane The Tunnel Nominated 93 94 2014 Music Original Score Adrian Johnston The Tunnel Won 95 2014 Music Original Title Adrian Johnston and Dominik Moll The Tunnel Won 95 2016 Editing Drama Katie Weiland The Tunnel Sabotage Nominated 96 2016 Sound Drama Simon Bysshe Nigel Squibbs Jamie Caple and Jeremy Price The Tunnel Sabotage Won 96 See also EditThe Bridge Danish Swedish TV series The Bridge US TV series Notes Edit Asked in an October 2017 interview when the new season was going to premiere Clemence Poesy said I do not know if season 3 will be broadcast in France 18 References Edit Tunnel nouvelle Creation Originale Canal 7 October 2013 Retrieved 13 August 2017 Une saison 2 pour Tunnel la serie avec Clemence Poesy et Stephen Dillane Premiere 16 February 2015 Retrieved 13 August 2017 The Tunnel Sabotage 2016 Kent Film Office 23 March 2016 Retrieved 13 August 2017 Plunkett John 16 February 2015 Sky Atlantic s The Tunnel to return for second series The Guardian Gill James 16 February 2015 The Tunnel to return to Sky in 2016 Radio Times a b Bessieres Michel Gallois Laurence 7 March 2016 Tunnel Canal une saison 2 originale et intense Tele Loisirs Prisma Media Retrieved 13 August 2017 a b Hansen Love Igor 7 March 2016 Tunnel saison 2 une franche reussite L Express Retrieved 13 August 2017 a b Frost Caroline 23 March 2016 Sky Atlantic Delay The Tunnel Series 2 Following Belgian Attacks HuffPost UK Retrieved 13 August 2017 a b Dowell Ben 12 April 2016 The Tunnel series two sees Stephen Dillane and Clemence Poesy s coppers fight terrorist mass killers Radio Times Retrieved 13 August 2017 a b What s coming soon to Sky and NOW TV in April 2016 VODzilla co 30 March 2016 Retrieved 13 August 2017 Mitchell Robert 20 January 2017 Sky Re Enters Tunnel Wants Gone by Lennie James Variety Retrieved 23 February 2017 Dezeraud Pierre 20 January 2017 Tunnel Une troisieme et derniere saison pour la serie de Canal PureMedias Retrieved 13 August 2017 La saison 3 de The Tunnel en tournage au printemps La Voix du Nord 31 January 2017 Retrieved 13 August 2017 MacDougall L 6 March 2017 Series three of The Tunnel is filming in Thanet and Dover here s how you can be on screen Kent Live Archived from the original on 10 August 2017 Retrieved 20 June 2017 a b Sky Atlantic skyatlantic 28 November 2017 KARL amp ELISE ARE BACK c poesy amp Stephen Dillane return as our favourite French British double act All episodes 14 December TheTunnel Twitter Retrieved 26 December 2017 a b Northmore Henry 22 November 2017 TV review The Tunnel Vengeance Sky Atlantic The List Retrieved 26 December 2017 Fabien 14 December 2017 Tunnel Saison 3 La derniere enquete d Elise et Karl arrive aujourd hui sur Sky Atlantic Critictoo Retrieved 26 December 2017 Bellet Nicolas 2 October 2017 Tunnel Clemence Poesy Je ne sais pas si la saison 3 sera diffusee en France Premiere in French Retrieved 21 May 2018 CANAL canalplus 2 June 2018 Un bateau retrouve brule sur la manche Derniere enquete pour Elise et Karl dans la saison 3 de Tunnel a partir du 4 juin sur myCANAL Facebook in French Retrieved 19 June 2018 A boat found burned on the channel Last investigation for Elise and Karl in season 3 of the Tunnel from June 4 on myCANAL Baudin Julia 4 June 2018 Tunnel une fin sombre et inquietante Le Figaro TV Magazine in French Le Figaro Retrieved 19 June 2018 Tunnel a dark and disturbing end a b The Tunnel Season 1 PBS 2016 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Roxborough Scott 3 September 2013 MIPCOM British French Series The Tunnel to Get World Premiere in Cannes The Hollywood Reporter Retrieved 21 October 2013 The Tunnel Series 1 episode guide Cult Box 16 October 2013 Retrieved 21 October 2013 Fletcher Alex 17 October 2013 The Tunnel gets strong start on Sky Atlantic Digital Spy Retrieved 20 October 2013 Weekly Top 10 Programmes See relevant weeks ending October 20 2013 onwards and scroll down to Sky Atlantic and Sky Atlantic 1 Broadcasters Audience Research Board Archived from the original on 17 December 2012 Retrieved 22 October 2013 Eames Tom 24 October 2013 Poirot final episodes begin with 4 4m on ITV Digital Spy Retrieved 24 October 2013 Eames Tom 19 December 2013 Great Train Robbery drama tops Wednesday with 5 2 million Digital Spy Retrieved 21 December 2013 Tunnel the new Canal original creation Vivendi 12 November 2013 Retrieved 4 December 2013 Serisier Pierre 5 November 2013 Tunnel Sage et subtile adaptation d un succes Le Monde in French Archived from the original on 30 December 2017 Retrieved 30 December 2017 a b Olite Marion 10 December 2013 Tunnel une serie puissante pour Canal in French Toutelatele Retrieved 28 December 2013 Geffray Emilie 12 November 2013 Tunnel cartonne sur Canal Le Figaro in French Retrieved 5 December 2013 Tunnel lancement reussi sur Canal TeleObs in French Le Nouvel Observateur 12 November 2013 Retrieved 30 December 2017 Tunnel serie Tunnelserie 28 March 2016 Tout prend fin ce soir L enquete Tunnel2 s acheve a 20H55 sur CANAL Soyez au rendez vous Twitter in French Retrieved 30 December 2017 Everything ends tonight The Tunnel2 investigation ends at 20 55 on CANAL Be there Ellwood Greg 31 May 2016 The Tunnel Sabotage 2 08 season finale recap Entertainment Focus Retrieved 2 July 2018 Merle Delavault Maelle 4 May 2018 La troisieme et ultime saison de Tunnel arrive sur Canal AlloCine in French Retrieved 21 May 2018 The third and final season of Tunnel arrives on Canal Planning Series 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October 2014 International Emmy Award Nominees Announced Deadline Hollywood Retrieved 10 August 2017 Tartaglione Nancy 24 November 2014 International Emmys UK s Utopia Wins Best Drama Series Deadline Hollywood Retrieved 10 August 2017 Dillane wins International Emmy BT com 25 November 2014 Retrieved 10 August 2017 Broadchurch leads Royal Television Society nominations BBC 4 March 2014 Retrieved 10 August 2017 RTS Programme Awards 2014 Royal Television Society 2014 Retrieved 10 August 2017 a b RTS announces winners of the Craft amp Design Awards 2014 Royal Television Society 2014 Retrieved 10 August 2017 a b Craft amp Design Awards 2016 Royal Television Society 2016 Retrieved 10 August 2017 Further reading EditMandin Benoit 18 June 2018 Tunnel Canal une saison 4 apres la mort d Elise Clemence Poesy Toutelatele in French Tunnel Canal season 4 after the death of Elise Clemence Poesy Tate Gabriel 7 December 2017 Back with a Vengeance Drama Quarterly External links EditThe Tunnel Series 1 at Sky Atlantic archive The Tunnel Sabotage at Sky Atlantic The Tunnel at Canal The Tunnel at IMDb Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Tunnel TV series amp oldid 1148853352, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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