Jamie Dornan Confirmed to Return for 'The Tourist' Season 2

The BBC had a run of hit programming during the 2021-2022 TV season, with Vigil, The Tourist, Time, and The Responder all received as critical darlings with high viewer ratings. All four were renewed in a batch drop announcement in May 2022, despite both Time and The Tourist being designed to be one-and-done limited series. In the case of Time, the BBC announced it would expand the show’s brief into an anthology series to continue the program. The Tourist’s Season 2 plot was not confirmed, though with the same writing team; it seemed likely to continue the story of Elliot Stanley (Jamie Dornan), who woke up after a car crash in the Outback with no memory of who he was.

It took almost a year, but in March 2023, the BBC finally confirmed that Dornan was signed on to do another season, continuing his role as the Northern Irishman desperately seeking himself before someone else finds him first. Dornan will again be joined by Danielle Macdonald (Dumplin’) as PC Helen Chambers, who helped keep Elliott alive, though not always of her own volition. The series creators, Jack and Harry Williams, have completed six new scripts, which have been approved with production moving forward, and plan to start principal photography in April 2023.

In a statement from the BBC about the approaching start of filming, the Williams brothers said, “The Tourist was unlike anything we’d written before, and we’re hugely grateful for the incredible response to series one.” The statement continues: “It’s been an exciting journey getting stuck into that world again with the quirky characters that were so loved, and seeing where we could take them next whilst continuing to deliver a tonally unique and off-beat drama.”