The Tunnel (2013)

Crime · Drama · Mystery

The plot follows detectives Karl Roebuck and Elise Wasserman working together to find a serial killer who left the upper-half body of a French politician and the lower-half of a British prostitute in the Channel Tunnel, at the midpoint between France and the UK. They later learn that the killer—who comes to be nicknamed the "Truth Terrorist"—is on a moral crusade to highlight many social problems, terrorising both countries in the process

IMDb rating: 7.9 (11,985 votes)
Seasons: 3
Streaming (US): PBS · PBS Masterpiece Amazon Channel · Thirteen · WETA+ · KQED · Hoopla
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Seasons

Season 1 (2013)

7.86 avg 10 episodes 7.7 → 8.1 46 min avg

Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Episode #1.1	7.7	478
2	Episode #1.2	7.7	390
3	Episode #1.3	7.7	368
4	Episode #1.4	7.8	351
5	Episode #1.5	7.6	343
6	Episode #1.6	7.8	329
7	Episode #1.7	8.0	329
8	Episode #1.8	8.0	324
9	Episode #1.9	8.2	329
10	Episode #1.10	8.1	361

Season 2 (2016)

8.19 avg 8 episodes 8.1 → 8.3 47 min avg

Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Episode #2.1	8.1	392
2	Episode #2.2	8.1	319
3	Episode #2.3	8.1	303
4	Episode #2.4	8.5	325
5	Episode #2.5	7.9	292
6	Episode #2.6	8.2	294
7	Episode #2.7	8.3	290
8	Episode #2.8	8.3	310

Season 3 (2017)

7.98 avg 6 episodes 8.0 → 8.3 48 min avg

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Season 3 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Episode #3.1	8.0	341
2	Episode #3.2	7.8	281
3	Episode #3.3	8.0	270
4	Episode #3.4	7.8	268
5	Episode #3.5	8.0	258
6	Episode #3.6	8.3	391

The Tunnel (2013)

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