The Tourist viewers seriously distracted by leading man Jamie Dornan’s appearance as BBC drama returns for season two

THE Tourist viewers were left seriously distracted by leading man Jamie Dornan's appearance as the BBC drama returned for season two.

Jamie, 41, plays The Man, who in series one woke up in an Australian hospital with amnesia after a car crash.

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He went on to discover he is called Elliot Stanley and that wherever he went, people were trying to kill him.

Series two moves the action to Ireland, Elliot's native country, where he is confronted by faces from his past.

But for some viewers of The Tourist, they were too distracted by Jamie's appearance to concentrate on the action.

The hunky actor sported a big, bushy beard and an impressive physique, and he left many at home hot under the collar.

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Taking to X - formerly Twitter - one wrote: "#TheTourist Jamie with the big beard. ooh."

Another added: "Jamie Dornan back on my tv. Happy Newwwwww Yearrrr."

A third drooled: "Oooh that Jamie Dornan has such big muscles! #TheTourist."

Meanwhile a fourth tweeted: "Can't remember if the first series was any good. Just watching to swoon over jamie #TheTourist."

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Ahead of the season two launch, Jamie spoke about his delight at being able to film the second series in Ireland.

He said: "I'm hugely biased but I think Irish people are the best people in the world and I've, luckily, in my life, my career had an opportunity to make loads of stuff in Ireland. And I do think there's nothing like an Irish crew.

"There's a general sort of buoyancy to it, everyone's having fun. They're professional and they work very hard and they're very good at what they do, but there's just a serious level of enjoyment to making art there. So I was a very happy boy."

The Tourist continues tonight at 9pm on BBC One and is available on BBC iPlayer.