TV series
Taboo
Overview
Adventurer James Keziah Delaney returns to London from Africa in 1814 along with fourteen stolen diamonds to seek vengeance after the death of his father.
Details
- First air date
- 2017-01-07
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 1 season
- Episodes
- 8 episodes
- Genres
- Drama, Mystery
- Network
- BBC One
- Production
- Hardy Son & Baker, Scott Free Productions
- Country
- GB
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Tom Hardy as James Keziah Delaney
- David Hayman as Brace
- Jonathan Pryce as Stuart Strange
- Oona Chaplin as Zilpha Geary
- Richard Dixon as Pettifer
- Leo Bill as Wilton
- Edward Hogg as Michael 'Godders' Godfrey
- Jessie Buckley as Lorna Bow
- Stephen Graham as Atticus
- Michael Kelly as Dumbarton
- Tallulah Haddon as Pearl
- Louis Ashbourne Serkis as Robert
Creators and crew
- Steven Knight - Creator
- Chips Hardy - Creator
- Tom Hardy - Creator
- Ridley Scott - Executive Producer
- Matthew Read - Executive Producer
- Kate Crowe - Executive Producer
Episodes
Episode 1
James Delaney returns to 1814 London after 10 years in Africa to claim a mysterious legacy left to him by his father.
Episode 2
As James Delaney assembles his league of the damned, an unexpected arrival threatens to disrupt his plans.
Episode 3
James Delaney decides to take radical action in order to safeguard himself from those intent on his demise.
Episode 4
Blacklisted, James Delaney sets out to protect his business by any means necessary.
Episode 5
James Delaney is blackmailed into a dangerous mission, whilst animosity between the Crown and Company escalates to a new level.
Episode 6
The East India Company declares war on James Delaney, whilst a family revelation drives him into dark and haunted places.
Episode 7
A devastating betrayal puts James Delaney’s freedom in jeopardy, handing his enemies the opportunity they've been longing for.
Episode 8
As James Delaney conspires to escape, an enraged Prince Regent unleashes one final plan to destroy him.
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