When does Taboo start? How to watch new Tom Hardy series online – plot, cast, trailer
TOM Hardy stars in the dark new BBC period drama Taboo which lands this weekend. Here is everything you need to know about the new series’ start date, plot, cast and how to watch online.
Hollywood favourite Tom Hardy stars in Taboo
What is Taboo about?
Taboo follows adventurer James Keziah Delaney (Tom Hardy), who returns to England from Africa with 14 stolen diamonds in his pocket after the death of his father in 1814.
Long thought to have died while travelling the world, Delaney picks up what is left of his father’s shipping empire and tries to build a new life for himself.
But soon a dark family mystery unfolds, with enemies lurking in every corner and conspiracy, murder and betrayal circling.
Hardy developed the series with his scriptwriter father Chips.
“I came home from work one day with the burning desire to play something,” the actor explained, adding: “And because my father was a writer, I said what do you think of this – I could play this, couldn’t I?”
Hardy told iNews: “Delaney’s not just a bad boy roaring into town on a Harley-Davidson.
“The character has a lot of black, dark matter, and the material goes to a lot of places that aren’t pleasant. Which makes sense, really – why else call it Taboo?”
Tom Hardy returns to the small screen in Taboo
The Peaky Blinders star stripped off for the new series but stopped short of revealing all
What time does Taboo start?
Episode one airs tomorrow, Saturday January 7 at 9.15pm on BBC One.
Who stars in Taboo? Full cast
Tom Hardy stars as James Keziah Delaney, who spends much of the trailer sporting nothing but a loincloth.
The actor teased fans that if it were down to him, he would have revealed all in the show.
Oona Chaplin stars as Zilpha Geary
Game of Thrones star Jonathan Pryce plays Stuart Strange
“You're lucky there was a loincloth because I didn't want one,” he said.
“It's not a period drama until someone gets naked and covers themselves in blood.”
Hardy is joined by Spanish actress Oona Chaplin – who starred in the White Christmas episode of Black Mirror – as Zilpha Geary, and Game of Thrones’ High Sparrow, Jonathan Pryce, as Stuart Strange
House of Cards star Michael Kelly plays Dr Dumbarton and Scottish actor David Hayman completes the main cast as BRace.
The show was created by Hardy and his father Chips alongside Steven Knight, who has worked with Tom on Peaky Blinders and on the 2014 film Locke.
Alien director Ridley Scott is also on board as an executive producer.
How to watch Taboo online
Episodes will be available to stream on BBC iPlayer immediately after they have aired.