Season two of the Australian thriller The Tourist starring Jamie Dornan has found a new home at Netflix. The BBC series’ first season premiered in the U.S. on HBO Max, but the streamer declined to pick up the distribution rights for season two. Netflix moved in and snatched up the series, setting a February 29, 2024 premiere date for the new season.
Season one’s also coming to Netflix and will be available to binge on February 1, 2024.
The series follows BAFTA and Golden Globe award-nominated Jamie Dornan (Belfast, The Fall) as Elliot, a man who wakes up in the Australian outback with no idea of who he is or how he got there. Season two finds Elliot and Helen (Danielle Macdonald) heading to Ireland in hopes of discovering more details about his identity. Per Netflix, “instead, they are forced to face the dangerous consequences of his past actions.”
The season two cast also includes Conor MacNeill (Industry), Olwen Fouéré (The Northman), Francis Magee (Then You Run), Mark McKenna (Sing Street), Diarmaid Murtagh (Outlander), and Nessa Matthews (Fair City). Greg Larsen (Dirty Laundry Live, How Not to Behave) reprises his role as Ethan Krum.
Filming on season two’s six episodes kicked off in April 2022 in Dublin, Ireland.
Jack and Harry Williams created the thriller and serve as writers and executive producers. Jamie Dornan, Sarah Hammond, Daniel Walker, and Nawfal Faizullah also executive produce. The Tourist is a Two Brothers Pictures (Baptiste, The Missing, Fleabag) production for the BBC, in association with Stan, ZDF, and All3Media International.
