Tatau

2015•40m•4.9/10

CrimeDramaSci-Fi & Fantasy

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4.9/10(7)

Tatau follows Kyle and Budgie, two twenty-something friends from London that set off to travel the world. Ahead of the journey, Kyle gets a Maori-style tattoo to celebrate their eventual destination: the Cook Islands. When snorkeling in a lagoon, Kyle finds the dead body of a local girl, Aumea, tied up underwater. Returning to the lagoon with the police, Kyle finds her corpse has disappeared. But Kyle knows what he saw. Desperate to uncover what happened, Kyle and Budgie find themselves sucked deeper and deeper into a world of Maori myths, symbols, and hallucinatory visions... until finally the full meaning of Kyle’s tattoo is revealed.

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Production

Touchpaper Television

Language

Status

Canceled

First Aired

April 12, 2015

Last Aired

May 17, 2015

Networks

BBC Three

Created By

Richard Zajdlic

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Seasons & Episodes

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Season

Episode 1

Air date: 2015-04-12

Kyle Connor and Paul ‘Budgie’ Griffiths are travelling around the world looking for sun, fun and adventure. They make their way to the Cook Islands and Kyle has designed and had inked on him a Maori-style tattoo. After making their way to the beautiful South Pacific island of Manutaki his marking soon causes some unexpected reactions from the locals.

Episode 2

Air date: 2015-04-19

Kyle becomes determined to find out the meaning of his discovery after having a revelation at the airport. He manages to cause trouble with a powerful Cook Island family, forcing him to take some dangerous and extreme action. A rash decision is made by Budgie.

Episode 3

Air date: 2015-04-26

Kyle attempts to find evidence that will prove his claims, but ends up moving towards the very fate he was hoping to get away from. Budgie’s rash decision has huger implications than he could ever have imagined.

Episode 4

Air date: 2015-05-03

The trouble that Kyle and Budgie have tried to leave behind them soon catches up with them. Budgie goes missing and Kyle learns how just much trouble his friend is in and turns for help from the last person he wants to which results in a devastating conclusion.