Jamie Dornan will be returning to the off-beat thriller series ‘The Tourist’ for season 2.

In the darkly comedic show, Dornan reprises his role as Elliott, who wakes up one day in an Australian hospital with amnesia following a car crash. Danielle Macdonald (“Dumplin’”) also returns as constable Helen Chambers. In the second season, the duo head to Ireland so that Elliott can rediscover his roots. Soon, however, they get dragged into his past life – with dangerous consequences. Whilst Elliot fights with his own demons, Helen is left to pick up the pieces of a larger mystery; forcing them both to confront foes, old and new

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On his return to the show, Dornan stated “I’m incredibly excited to continue the story with ‘The Tourist,’ Harry and Jack Williams are brilliant writers, and I can’t wait for audiences to see how well Ireland and its characters are utilised to keep them guessing as the tale progresses…”

Fergus O’Brien (“Happy Valley”) will direct the opening block of the six-part season, the show is produced by the Williams’ production company Two Brothers Pictures (“Fleabag”) in association with All3Media, Stan and ZDF International.