| Tatau | |
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| Genre | Drama |
| Created by | Richard Zajdlic |
| Written by | Richard Zajdlic |
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| Composer(s) | Karl Steven |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Rob Pursey |
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| Cinematography | Dale McCready |
| Running time | 38 minutes |
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| Release | |
| Original network | BBC Three |
| Original release | April 12 – May 17, 2015 |
Tatau is a British drama television series that premiered on BBC Three on 12 April 2015. The programme is a supernatural murder mystery set in the Cook Islands. The series consists of 8 episodes.
The critical reception to Tatau has been generally negative. The Philadelphia Inquirer called it "must-miss" television, a "weak show" with an "incredibly annoying hero" and The Daily Telegraph's Isabel Mohan called the show "grating", "tedious" and "far-fetched". Brian Lowry of Variety was more ambivalent, saying that it "works as a modest mystery/picturesque travelogue, provided one can get past the hackneyed premise and almost complete lack of character establishment... a mildly watchable thriller, assuming viewers don't dwell too much on the white-savior-in-exotic-locale undertones."