The Tourist season 2 teaser pics give new look at Jamie Dornan
Dornan will return as Elliot Stanley in a second season of the thriller series on BBC One.
The BBC has released some first-look images of Jamie Dornan in the upcoming second season of The Tourist, which has recently been filming in Dublin.
In the stills, viewers are treated to intriguing glimpses of both Dornan's character Elliot Stanley and Danielle Macdonald as police officer Helen Chambers, with the former attempting to rediscover his true identity in Ireland following their dramatic Outback adventure in season one.
According to the BBC, the second run will see the pair "confronted by friends and foes as they attempt to uncover the secrets of Elliot’s past" - and if the first-look pictures are anything to go by, it certainly doesn't look like they'll have an easy run of it.
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One of the snaps sees Elliot fleeing from a vehicle with a bloodied wound on his forehead, while another shows him looking roughed up as he peers from behind a curtain.
Meanwhile, the pictures of Helen give slightly less away, but in both images, she seems to be wearing a rather anxious expression.
A fuller synopsis for the season reads that Elliot and Helen are "dragged into a long-standing family feud" which sees them interact with a number of new characters.
Those joining the cast include Industry and The Sixth Commandment star Conor MacNeill as Detective Ruairi Slater and The Northman's Olwen Fouéré as Niamh Cassidy, while Outlander's Diarmaid Murtagh, Fair City's Nessa Matthews, Sing Street's Mark McKenna and Then You Run's Francis Magee all feature as members of the McDonnell family.
The second season is set to provide more of the "shocking plot twists" and "off-beat comedy" that made the first season such a hit in 2022, when it became the UK’s most-watched drama of the year across all platforms.
It will once again consist of six episodes and is penned by series creators Jack and Harry Williams, whose previous credits include The Missing, Baptiste and Angela Black.
Earlier this year, Dornan revealed that a second season had never been the original plan for the series, explaining on The Graham Norton Show, "There wasn’t meant to be [season 2], but then that many people watch something and you know how the world works."
He added: "If there’s an appetite for it, and Jack and Harry Williams – who created the show – are very smart fellas, and they’ve worked out a way of continuing the story."
The first season of The Tourist is available to watch now on BBC iPlayer. Check out more of our Drama coverage or visit our TV Guide and Streaming Guide to find out what's on.
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