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The Tunnel (2013)

2013 · Crime,Drama,Mystery · crime-procedural, crime-psychological-profiler, contemporary-realistic

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The Tunnel is a UK/French co-production crime thriller built around a cross-Channel detective partnership: a socially detached, possibly neurodivergent French officer and a flawed, instinct-driven British DCI forced into collaboration when crimes straddle national borders. Adapted from the acclaimed Scandinavian series Broen/The Bridge, it transplants the structural DNA into Anglo-French cultural friction, using mutual national distrust as dramatic texture. Reviewers prize the lead performances and addictive, twist-laden plotting above all else, and the show rewards audiences who enjoy slow-burn investigative procedurals with psychological depth. Season two ('Sabotage') is frequently cited as the strongest and most self-contained entry.

From the reviewers

The Tunnel - Sabotage, the second series, strikes a far more confident stride and would have got a 10 out of 10 from me if it was stand alone. It certainly can easily be watched as that, stand alone, and this is what I recommend.
It has a thoroughly interesting, plausible yet riveting plot, is full of perfect performances from perfectly cast characters.
Stephan Dillane as DCI Karl Roebuck is terrific, brilliant and flawed, selfish and driven to justice. Clemence Posey is equally wonderful as a French detective with what may be Asperger's but at the very least some social interaction issues.
Both series do an excellent job of making the viewer feel as if present and a part of the investigative process.
Furthering this resemblance pairing both have some Aspergers type behaviors. Both are accompanied by a slightly polar opposite male detective.

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