Taboo
DramaThriller2017Rated 8.3
In 1814, James Delaney comes back to London from Africa for his father's funeral and claims the inheritance. He is surrounded by rumours, and the East India Company wants to know what he is planning.
Starring Tom Hardy, Jonathan Pryce, Oona Chaplin
Next season
Season 2announced, no date yet
Dormant, Weekly, 8 episodes, last aired Sat, 25 Feb 2017
Is it for me?
A brooding gothic mood piece for viewers who will follow a magnetic lead through gloom without needing a tidy plot. In a morgue, Delaney sees a vision of a drowned slave, and the show keeps that eerie register. Tom Hardy growls and looms through every scene, while Jonathan Pryce matches him with showy menace as Sir Stuart Strange. It is an acquired taste.
Before you start
It is one continuous story with a slow start, because many characters and threads arrive early, so give the first couple of episodes time.
1 season, 8 episodes, 55 min each, about 8 hours so far
This show
In 1814, James Delaney comes back to London from Africa for his father's funeral and claims the inheritance. He is surrounded by rumours, and the East India Company wants to know what he is planning.
Starring Tom Hardy, Jonathan Pryce, Oona Chaplin
Is it for me?
A brooding gothic mood piece for viewers who will follow a magnetic lead through gloom without needing a tidy plot. In a morgue, Delaney sees a vision of a drowned slave, and the show keeps that eerie register. Tom Hardy growls and looms through every scene, while Jonathan Pryce matches him with showy menace as Sir Stuart Strange. It is an acquired taste.
Before you start
It is one continuous story with a slow start, because many characters and threads arrive early, so give the first couple of episodes time.
1 season, 8 episodes, 55 min each, about 8 hours so far
Season 2: nothing to list until it's dated
- E01Episode 1Aired Sat 7 Jan
- E02Episode 2Aired Sat 14 Jan
- E03Episode 3Aired Sat 21 Jan
- E04Episode 4Aired Sat 28 Jan
- E05Episode 5Aired Sat 4 Feb
- E06Episode 6Aired Sat 11 Feb
- E07Episode 7Aired Sat 18 Feb
- E08Episode 8Aired Sat 25 Feb
- S01E01Episode 17 Jan 2017
- S01E02Episode 214 Jan 2017
- S01E03Episode 321 Jan 2017
- S01E04Episode 428 Jan 2017
- S01E05Episode 54 Feb 2017
- S01E06Episode 611 Feb 2017
- S01E07Episode 718 Feb 2017
- S01E08Episode 825 Feb 2017