First impressions can be deceiving, you think it's going to be a warm and friendly series about the British & French Connection, but, The Tunnel: Sabotage throws that thought right out of the window from the very beginning.
Taking a look at the cast, what an incredible wealth of talent the series has, including faces who you will recognise from other productions.
Emilia Fox; as Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway dubbed her; "the fit one from Silent Witness".
She portrays Vanessa Hamilton. We are used to seeing Emilia in "good guy" roles which makes her appearances in The Tunnel: Sabotage very interesting viewing as Vanessa is heavily involved in the human trafficking world. She is an entrepreneur in pretty much everything that is not legal. She's ruthless in her ways and will do whatever it takes to get her paycheque from whoever is pulling her puppet strings. When we're first introduced to Vanessa on-screen, I had to double-take as I did not realise it was Emilia Fox straight away.
She portrays Vanessa Hamilton. We are used to seeing Emilia in "good guy" roles which makes her appearances in The Tunnel: Sabotage very interesting viewing as Vanessa is heavily involved in the human trafficking world. She is an entrepreneur in pretty much everything that is not legal. She's ruthless in her ways and will do whatever it takes to get her paycheque from whoever is pulling her puppet strings. When we're first introduced to Vanessa on-screen, I had to double-take as I did not realise it was Emilia Fox straight away.
William Ash; who is better known for playing Deputy Head Teacher Christopher Mead in Waterloo Road, Nick Anderson in Clocking Off, Jack Stubbs in Soldier Soldier, and has made appearances in Where The Heart Is, Coronation Street & Heartbeat to name a few.
William Ash plays a lovable rogue in The Tunnel: Sabotage. His character is called Boleslaw Borowski, or BB for short, as he's that damn cool and that's how he rolls.
He's very, sometimes overly, enthusiastic in his job as a Junior Detective. He takes a shine to a new French Police Officer, Lieutenant Louise Renard (Juliette Navis), and is not shy on letting everyone know as subtlety isn't one of his attributes whatsoever. He's good looking and knows it.
William Ash plays a lovable rogue in The Tunnel: Sabotage. His character is called Boleslaw Borowski, or BB for short, as he's that damn cool and that's how he rolls.
He's very, sometimes overly, enthusiastic in his job as a Junior Detective. He takes a shine to a new French Police Officer, Lieutenant Louise Renard (Juliette Navis), and is not shy on letting everyone know as subtlety isn't one of his attributes whatsoever. He's good looking and knows it.
THEY ARE BACK.
Clémence Poésy; who played Fleur Delacour in the Harry Potter movies.
Stephen Dillane; who played Stannis Baratheon in Game Of Thrones.
Clémence Poésy & Stephen Dillane are in a lot of scenes together and has quite an amount of dialogue. The two actors compliment each other like fish does to chips. There are numerous programmes out there which has actors who look unenthusiastic, but, not Clémence Poésy & Stephen Dillane. The two have chemistry on-screen which shows their passion for their craft in professional acting and always making you want more. Besides the writing, they are testament as to why The Tunnel is a roaring success & The Tunnel: Sabotage will be even better.
They play Commander Elise Wassermann & Detective Chief Inspector Karl Roebuck respectively just like they did in The Tunnel's first series.
Clémence Poésy; who played Fleur Delacour in the Harry Potter movies.
Stephen Dillane; who played Stannis Baratheon in Game Of Thrones.
Clémence Poésy & Stephen Dillane are in a lot of scenes together and has quite an amount of dialogue. The two actors compliment each other like fish does to chips. There are numerous programmes out there which has actors who look unenthusiastic, but, not Clémence Poésy & Stephen Dillane. The two have chemistry on-screen which shows their passion for their craft in professional acting and always making you want more. Besides the writing, they are testament as to why The Tunnel is a roaring success & The Tunnel: Sabotage will be even better.
They play Commander Elise Wassermann & Detective Chief Inspector Karl Roebuck respectively just like they did in The Tunnel's first series.
The programme is bilingual (English & French), which leads me to the one small - the French subtitles. They are all in white, sometimes it is difficult to make out who said what. If they were in different colours/font for each person talking then that would have been easier as my French isn't up to scratch. Apologies to Mr. Thomson from Dyce Academy for that.
The Tunnel: Sabotage is like a fine wine, it grows better with age, and as the series progresses you'll see first-hand exactly what I mean.
In each episode there's at least one shocking twist which will keep you on the edge of your sofas.
I'd describe The Tunnel: Sabotage as one of those programmes where you have to put everything down and watch because at a blink of an eye you will miss something paramount to the storyline.
Don't worry if you can't keep up with the drama, there's a handy "previously on The Tunnel: Sabotage" video package at the beginning of each episode past the first one.
In each episode there's at least one shocking twist which will keep you on the edge of your sofas.
I'd describe The Tunnel: Sabotage as one of those programmes where you have to put everything down and watch because at a blink of an eye you will miss something paramount to the storyline.
Don't worry if you can't keep up with the drama, there's a handy "previously on The Tunnel: Sabotage" video package at the beginning of each episode past the first one.
No tunnels were sabotaged in the making of The Tunnel: Sabotage... but, the same cannot be said for this aeroplane.
You can see The Tunnel: Sabotage all kick off this Tuesday (12 April) at 20:00 on Sky Atlantic & Sky Atlantic HD. Sky customers can click this link to Sky+ the series and watch a preview: http://bit.ly/1RY4bon.
The Tunnel: Sabotage on Sky Atlantic & Sky Atlantic HD is sponsored by Volvo.
Images in this article are used with permission from the copyright holders apart from Volvo's emblem.
Many thanks to Sky Atlantic & Byte London for entrusting me with the pre-release of The Tunnel: Sabotage.
Many thanks to Sky Atlantic & Byte London for entrusting me with the pre-release of The Tunnel: Sabotage.
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