Jamie Dornan’s ‘The Tourist’ Survives Cancellation and Becomes a Netflix Hit

Summary

• The Tourist starring Jamie Dornan has made it to Netflix’s Global Top 10, recording 11.4 million hours of viewership. 
• The Tourist was on the verge of cancellation when Netflix picked it up from HBO Max. Season 2 is set to hit Netflix on February 29.

Jamie Dornan’s drama series, The Tourist, finds a new audience on Netflix’s global charts. The series was on the verge of cancellation before Netflix took it up. The Tourist season 2 is set to hit Netflix on February 29. 

The BBC One series The Tourist focuses on a man who loses his memory and has no idea of his identity and the bad things he has done. Season 1 was released on HBO Max in 2022. In 2023, the platform announced that they did not want to air the already-completed season 2 of the series.

Netflix came in to save the show, with season 1 making it to the streaming platform’s Global Top 10 list. From January 29 to February 4, the series recorded 11.4 million hours of viewership. These numbers are a solid start, given that the show debuted on February 1. 

Jamie Dornan plays a man who wakes in an Australian hospital without any memory of his identity and whereabouts. To find out who he is, he must put together the little clues he has. Helen Chambers also stars in the series as a rookie cop involved in the case. 

The main conflict in the series is that the protagonist does not know whom to trust until the very end, as he has no memory. The saga is designed to keep its viewers guessing every moment. The unidentified man goes through six episodes, taking his chances to get to the truth. 

The series received positive reviews from critics, while Dornan received immense critical acclaim for his performance. The actor has a charming screen presence, and the story is gripping. We’ll see more of him in the next season! 

About The Tourist

The Tourist is a drama thriller television series. It stars Jamie Dornan as the victim of a car crash who wakes up in hospital with amnesia.

The series premiered on 1 January 2022 on BBC One in the UK, the next day on Stan in Australia, and on 3 March on HBO Max in the US. It is distributed internationally by All3Media.

In March 2022, the series was officially renewed for a second series, and filming started in April 2023. The second series is set in Ireland.