THE TUNNEL new thrilling crime drama starts Wednesday 16th October on Sky Atlantic HD
As part of Sky’s continuing investment in original home-grown content, Sky Atlantic HD will launch its latest drama series, THE TUNNEL, on Wednesday 16th October at 9pm. Based on the format of The Bridge, THE TUNNEL follows detectives from the UK and France as they’re drawn together to follow the complex, cross-channel case of a serial killer.
When a prominent French politician is found dead on the border between the UK and France, detectives Karl Roebuck (Stephen Dillane) and Elise Wassermann (Clémence Poésy) are sent to investigate on behalf of their respective countries. However, the case takes a surreal turn when a shocking discovery is made at the crime scene, forcing the French and British police into an uneasy partnership. As the serial killer uses ever more elaborate and ingenious methods to highlight the moral bankruptcy of modern society, Karl and Elise are drawn deeper into his increasingly personal agenda.
Meanwhile, in fear of his life, banker Alain Joubert (Mathieu Carrière) is in hiding in a hotel in Calais. His devoted wife Charlotte (Jeanne Balibar) isn't sure if his paranoia is justified but, taking no chances, arranges for him to flee the country. Back in Folkestone, enigmatic Stephen Beaumont (Joseph Mawle) runs a hostel for immigrants. Failed asylum seeker Veronica seeks his help and a place to stay, but are his motives as altruistic as they seem?
Elise and Karl finally get a breakthrough when their investigation points them to egotistical tabloid journalist Danny Hillier (Tom Bateman). But, as they rush to interview him, they find him trapped in the middle of the killer's latest deadly game.
THE TUNNEL is the latest commission from Sky Atlantic HD following Sky’s commitment to increase its investment in original British content. By 2014, Sky expects to invest £600 million a year in British programmes across its portfolio of channels. Sky Atlantic HD is to be a major part of that charge by commissioning bold, authored pieces with strong narrative stories including FLEMING, FORTITUDE and the recently announced PENNY DREADFUL.
THE TUNNEL is a Sky Atlantic HD and CANAL+ co-production from Kudos Film and TV and Shine France Films in association with Filmlance.
THE TUNNEL will air on Wednesday 16th October, 9pm on Sky Atlantic HD, Sky Atlantic + 1 and on the move with Sky Go.
The first episode will be available exclusively to Sky Customers through On Demand from 10th October.
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About CANAL+
CANAL+ Group is the leading pay-TV group in France, ranking first both for its premium-content network with CANAL+ and associated channels, and its themed networks, which include CINE+, SPORT+ and PLANETE+. CANAL+ Group also runs CANALSAT, a multi-channel package with more than 250 channels and services distributed over all platforms. The company operates in Metropolitan France and French overseas territories, as well as in French-speaking Africa, where it reaches a total of 11.2 million subscribers. A pioneer in innovative TV services, CANAL+ Group has a high international profile, with a presence in pay-TV in Poland and Vietnam. Overall, CANAL+ Group subscribers number almost 13 million worldwide.
CANAL+ Group has recently expanded into free-to-air television by creating a specific division with three national channels, including entertainment channel D8, a 15-30 year-old channel D17, and 24-hour news channel i>TELE
Through its subsidiary STUDIOCANAL, CANAL+ Group is also a European leader in the acquisition, production and distribution of feature films.
About Kudos Film and TV:
Kudos Film and Television is the UK’s most successful and original producer of popular, award-winning scripted television, supplying broadcasters domestically and internationally. Shows include the era-defining Spooks, Hustle, Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes; successful, returning series The Hour, Law & Order: UK, M.I. High and Lip Service and critically acclaimed mini-series and single films such as Occupation and We’ll Take Manhattan. Currently broadcasting is Utopia (written by Dennis Kelly for Channel 4) and forthcoming productions include Sky 1 HD’s The Smoke (created by Lucy Kirkwood), Broadchurch (written by Chris Chibnall for ITV) and the Ben Court and Caroline Ip-penned Mayday (BBC One). In 2007, 2010 & 2011 Kudos was voted the UK’s most admired independent production company by its peers in Broadcast magazine. Formed in 1992, it has been part of the Shine Group since 2007.
