Award-winning thriller finally hits Netflix and viewers are saying it’s ‘worth staying up until 3am to binge’
Topics: Film and TV, Netflix, BBC
Bec Oakes
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Topics: Film and TV, Netflix, BBC
An award-winning BBC thriller has finally hit Netflix and it's the perfect crime drama to binge.
It first arrived on UK screens back in 2022 with the second season airing at the start of this year.
It stars Jamie Dornan as a man who wakes up in the Australian outback with no memory of who he is or why he's in Australia. He must use the limited clues he has to remember his past before it, and a band of mysterious people, catch up with him.
Check out the trailer for The Tourist below:
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The second season sees Dornan's character return to his homeland, Ireland, where he continues uncovering secrets and lies.
Upon its release, the BBC drama was met with critical acclaim, with great reviews from critics and fans alike.
It also received several awards, including an AACT Technical Crafts Award in Australia and a Society of Cinematographers Award in the UK, and was nominated for multiple BAFTAs, Royal Television Society and Venice TV Awards.
Now, US Netflix subscribers can finally get in on the action with the first season arriving on the platform today (February 1).
Season two is set to be added to the streaming site later this month on February 29.
And crime drama fans are sure to be buzzing.
Throughout the airing of the second season last month, UK viewers took to X (formerly known as Twitter) to celebrate the show.
One person claimed it was 'worth staying up until 3am to binge watch,' adding that it's 'a top show lots of twists and turns.'
Another wrote: "It's the best I've seen in a long time," while a third called it 'surprisingly good.'
And, if you find yourself binging the show until the early hours of the morning, you're in luck. Thanks to a drama-laden and explosive season two finale, The Tourist season three is looking highly likely.
Speaking to Radio Times, the show's creators, Harry and Jack Williams, weighed in on its likelihood.
Harry said: "It can exist as a thing that ends [there] and we never see again, but like the first time round, we'd never say never."
Jack continued: "And there is a little nod at the very end of this season that does suggest some interesting avenues for exploration, I would say.
"It depends on us finding the right thing, but we love the world and we love the characters and we love working with Jamie and Danielle [Macdonald], so that's always going to be interesting to us."
The Tourist is available to stream on Netflix now.