diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Common.Test/ExtensionTests/StringExtensionTests/ReplaceEncodedUnicodeCharactersFixture.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Common.Test/ExtensionTests/StringExtensionTests/ReplaceEncodedUnicodeCharactersFixture.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..963454054
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Common.Test/ExtensionTests/StringExtensionTests/ReplaceEncodedUnicodeCharactersFixture.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+using FluentAssertions;
+using NUnit.Framework;
+using NzbDrone.Common.Extensions;
+
+namespace NzbDrone.Common.Test.ExtensionTests.StringExtensionTests
+{
+    [TestFixture]
+    public class ReplaceEncodedUnicodeCharactersFixture
+    {
+        [TestCase("+\\u2b50", "\u2b50")]
+        [TestCase("\\u2b50", "\u2b50")]
+        [TestCase("+\\u00e9", "é")]
+        [TestCase("\\u00e9", "é")]
+        [TestCase("é", "é")]
+        public void should_replace_encoded_unicode_character(string input, string expected)
+        {
+            input.ReplaceEncodedUnicodeCharacters().Should().Be(expected);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Common.Test/OsPathFixture.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Common.Test/OsPathFixture.cs
index c31abefc7..9f2a3c42c 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Common.Test/OsPathFixture.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Common.Test/OsPathFixture.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using FluentAssertions;
+using FluentAssertions;
 using NUnit.Framework;
 using NzbDrone.Common.Disk;
 using NzbDrone.Test.Common;
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Common/Extensions/StringExtensions.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Common/Extensions/StringExtensions.cs
index 8a4d140f7..49742b033 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Common/Extensions/StringExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Common/Extensions/StringExtensions.cs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Common.Extensions
     public static class StringExtensions
     {
         private static readonly Regex CamelCaseRegex = new Regex("(?<!^)[A-Z]", RegexOptions.Compiled);
+        private static readonly Regex UnicodeEscapeRegex = new Regex(@"\+?\\u(?<Value>[a-z0-9]{4})", RegexOptions.Compiled | RegexOptions.IgnoreCase);
 
         public static string NullSafe(this string target)
         {
@@ -251,5 +252,10 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Common.Extensions
 
             return new string(array);
         }
+
+        public static string ReplaceEncodedUnicodeCharacters(this string text)
+        {
+            return UnicodeEscapeRegex.Replace(text, m => ((char)int.Parse(m.Groups["Value"].Value, NumberStyles.HexNumber)).ToString());
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/Download/DownloadClientTests/TransmissionTests/TransmissionFixture.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/Download/DownloadClientTests/TransmissionTests/TransmissionFixture.cs
index 3bbb417b9..8b9a597fe 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/Download/DownloadClientTests/TransmissionTests/TransmissionFixture.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/Download/DownloadClientTests/TransmissionTests/TransmissionFixture.cs
@@ -440,5 +440,26 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Test.Download.DownloadClientTests.TransmissionTests
             item.CanBeRemoved.Should().BeTrue();
             item.CanMoveFiles.Should().BeTrue();
         }
+
+        [TestCase(@"Pok\u00e9 Bowl Complete", "Poké Bowl Complete")]
+        [TestCase("Pok\u00e9 Bowl Complete", "Poké Bowl Complete")]
+        [TestCase(@"Series with a +\u2b50", "Series with a \u2b50")]
+        [TestCase("Series with a \u2b50", "Series with a \u2b50")]
+
+        public void should_replace_unicode_characters(string input, string expected)
+        {
+            _completed.DownloadDir = @"/Downloads/Finished/transmission";
+            _completed.Name = input;
+
+            GivenTorrents(new List<TransmissionTorrent>
+            {
+                _completed
+            });
+
+            var items = Subject.GetItems().ToList();
+
+            items.Should().HaveCount(1);
+            items.First().OutputPath.Should().Be(@"/Downloads/Finished/transmission/" + expected);
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/Transmission/TransmissionBase.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/Transmission/TransmissionBase.cs
index 87810d016..8df7cbe11 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/Transmission/TransmissionBase.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/Transmission/TransmissionBase.cs
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Download.Clients.Transmission
                 var item = new DownloadClientItem();
                 item.DownloadId = torrent.HashString.ToUpper();
                 item.Category = Settings.TvCategory;
-                item.Title = torrent.Name;
+                item.Title = torrent.Name.ReplaceEncodedUnicodeCharacters();
 
                 item.DownloadClientInfo = DownloadClientItemClientInfo.FromDownloadClient(this, false);
 
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Download.Clients.Transmission
 
         protected virtual OsPath GetOutputPath(OsPath outputPath, TransmissionTorrent torrent)
         {
-            return outputPath + torrent.Name.Replace(":", "_");
+            return outputPath + torrent.Name.ReplaceEncodedUnicodeCharacters().Replace(":", "_");
         }
 
         protected string GetDownloadDirectory()