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THE TUNNEL: VENGEANCE: Season 3

Stephen Dillane as Karl and Clémence Poésy as Elise in THE TUNNEL: VENGEANCE.
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Stephen Dillane as Karl and Clémence Poésy as Elise in THE TUNNEL: VENGEANCE.

Airs Thursdays, Dec. 13, 2018 - Jan. 17, 2019 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV

The emotional final season of the critically acclaimed bilingual crime thriller reunites Stephen Dillane (GAME OF THRONES) in his International Emmy Award-winning role as Karl Roebuck with Clémence Poésy (“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II”) as Elise Wassermann for the last outing of this beloved and unlikely Anglo-French partnership.

In THE TUNNEL: VENGEANCE, the investigative pair takes on a toxic and terrifying folie à deux whose mutual defining quality is an existential death wish. When the question posed by the couple – what is a life worth? – is directed straight back at Karl, he is forced to confront an utterly impossible choice that will haunt the audience long after the closing credits.

Set amidst mid-Brexit hysteria, Season 3 tackles an escalating refugee crisis and examines the increasing threat of terror occasioned by disenfranchised, exiled souls on whom society has turned its back.

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EPISODE GUIDE:

Episode 1 repeats Thursday, Dec. 13 at 11 p.m. - Karl and Elise reunite for an emotive and morally complex investigation when a boat carrying child refugees is torched in the middle of the Channel, leaving no sign of its passengers.

Stephen Dillane as Karl and Clémence Poésy as Elise in a scene from episode 1 of THE TUNNEL: VENGEANCE.
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Stephen Dillane as Karl and Clémence Poésy as Elise in a scene from episode 1 of THE TUNNEL: VENGEANCE.

Episode 2 repeats Thursday, Dec. 20 at 11 p.m. - Karl and Elise try to decode the Pied Piper's demands, while BB joins the French investigation in a race against time to find the perpetrators before they strike again. Meanwhile, Charlie Moreau returns to his family, with terrible consequences.

Stephen Dillane as Karl.
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Stephen Dillane as Karl.

Episode 3 repeats Thursday, Dec. 27 at 11 p.m. - Another message from the Pied Piper leads Karl and Elise to a horrifying discovery. As the net closes in, one of the cornered perpetrators lashes out. Could this be the end of the line for one of the team?

Angeliki Papoulia as Lana Khasanović.
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Angeliki Papoulia as Lana Khasanović.

Episode 4 repeats Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019 at 11 p.m. - When Karl and Elise reach a dead end in the case, they both resort to unconventional means in pursuit of the truth. With the body count rising, the stakes could not be higher — but will their gambles pay off?

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Brian Vernel as Anton Stokes.
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Brian Vernel as Anton Stokes.

Episode 5 repeats Thursday, Jan. 10 at 11 p.m. - An increasingly isolated Karl makes a major breakthrough in the search for Saban, but his sense of triumph is short-lived when he discovers that someone close to him is in mortal danger.

Stephen Dillane as Karl Roebuckand in a scene from episode 5 of THE TUNNEL: VENGEANCE.
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Stephen Dillane as Karl Roebuckand in a scene from episode 5 of THE TUNNEL: VENGEANCE.

Episode 6 repeats Thursday, Jan. 17 at 11 p.m. - Karl and Elise face a tense and gripping showdown with the Pied Piper. There is also closure at last for Charlie Moreau, as Karl and Olivier uncover the truth about his abduction.

Stephen Dillane as Karl Roebuck and Angel Coulby as Laura Roebuck.
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Stephen Dillane as Karl Roebuck and Angel Coulby as Laura Roebuck.

WATCH ON YOUR SCHEDULE:

All 3 Seasons of THE TUNNEL are available to stream on demand with KPBS Passport, video streaming for members ($60 yearly) using your computer, smartphone, tablet, Roku, AppleTV, Amazon Fire or Chromecast. Learn how to activate your benefit now.

Also available on DVD from PBS at ShopPBS.org. The series will also be available for digital download.

CREDITS:

Written by Emilia Di Girolamo, Louise Ironside, Jamie Crichton and John Jackson. Executive producers include Karen Wilson, Manda Levin and Emilia Di Girolamo. The series is produced by Toby Welch and directed by Anders Engström and Gilles Bannier. Music is by Ben Bartlett. The series is based on the original Swedish series “The Bridge.”