Emilia Fox, Clarke Peters and William Ash join Stephen Dillane and Clémence Poésy in the cast of The Tunnel: Sabotage
Emilia Fox (Silent Witness), Clarke Peters (The Wire), Paul Schneider (Parks and Recreation) and William Ash (Shameless) join the cast of Sky original drama The Tunnel: Sabotage. This all new and wholly original story by Ben Richards forms the second instalment of Sky Atlantic’s gripping, critically acclaimed and award-winning Anglo-French drama ‘The Tunnel’ from Kudos and Shine France films.
The stars join lead actors International Emmy award-winning Stephen Dillane and Clémence Poésy in the eight part Sky Atlantic original drama, which will be available to binge via Sky Box Sets from April 2016, as well as airing weekly on Sky Atlantic.
Emilia Fox plays Vanessa Hamilton, whose sinister business dealings are under investigation, and Clarke Peters stars as Sonny Persaud, a renowned academic whose estranged daughter Rosa suddenly re-surfaces in deadly circumstances. Angel Coulby reprises her role as Laura Roebuck, with Con O’Neill, Johan Heldenbergh and Hannah John-Kamen completing the line-up.
The newly promoted French Commander Elise Wasserman (Poésy) and British DCI Karl Roebuck (Dillane) have been leading separate lives: two seemingly isolated events reunite them after a French couple are abducted from the Channel tunnel, leaving behind a traumatised small child, Chloe Fournier. When a plane crashes into the Channel, killing everyone on board, Karl and Elise are faced with bigger questions; forging connections from the clues thrown up by a vast field of debris, the closer they get to their assailants, the more elusive justice seems.
Following a shocking trail of devastation, Karl, Elise and a cross border team, including British Detective Constable Borowoski (William Ash), and Detective Superintendent Bowden (Stanley Townsend) with Head Of French Counterterrorism (Thibault De Montalembert) and Lieutenants Renard (Juliette Navis) and Viot (Cédric Vieira) joining the investigation from France, the unit become embroiled in a terrifying, deadly game of brinkmanship as the victims mount up.
This thriller moves between the coasts of Kent and Northern France via the Eurotunnel, against a backdrop of a continent in crisis. A completely original, intricately plotted story, The Tunnel: Sabotage takes us to the precipice of a sustained, meticulously planned, war of attrition.
The Tunnel: Sabotage is one of a number of new Sky original dramas airing in 2016, including among others, the return of gothic horror Penny Dreadful, Fortitude, Stan Lee’s Lucky Man, The Five and brand new drama The Young Pope starring Jude Law and Diane Keaton, and directed by Paolo Sorrentino.
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Notes to Editors
The Tunnel: Sabotage
An 8 x 60 minute bilingual drama series in English and French. The series is a Sky Atlantic and CANAL+ co-production from Kudos and Shine France Films.
Writer Ben Richards (Spooks), Director Mike Barker (Broadchurch), Producer Julian Stevens (The Fall). It was commissioned by Anne Mensah, Head of Drama, for Sky and Fabrice De La Patellière, Director of French Drama and co-productions, for CANAL+. Executive Producers for Kudos; Ben Richards, Manda Levin and Karen Wilson. Executive Producer for Shine France Films; Nora Melhli. Executive Producers for Sky; Jo McClellan and Anne Mensah. Principal photography started in the UK and France in March 2015.
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About Kudos
Kudos is one of the UK’s most successful and original producers of popular, award – winning scripted television, supplying broadcasters domestically and internationally. Shows include Spooks, Life on Mars, Ashes to Ashes, The Hour, Utopia and the critically acclaimed, multi-award winning Broadchurch (written by Chris Chibnall for ITV), the second series of which is currently on air. Forthcoming productions include Humans, written by British writing partnership Sam Vincent and Jonathan Brackley (Spooks, Spooks: The Greater Good), based on the award – winning Swedish sci – fi drama “Real Humans”, and the new drama series written and created by Emmy award-winning Abi Morgan (The Hour) River starring Stellan Skarsgard (BBC One).
About CANAL+
CANAL+ Group is the leading broadcasting company in France. It is at the forefront in provision of premium-content and themed networks, as well as in bundling and distribution of pay-TV offerings. Taking into account its international activities in Africa, Poland and Vietnam, the group has a total subscriber base of 14.7 million.
CANAL+ Group is the leader in premium-content. Since its launch in 1984, CANAL+ Group has provided a unique and varied network comprising six premium channels offering cinema, sports, news, drama, documentaries and entertainment, including the recently launched CANAL+ SERIES.
