Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight’s major new eight-part drama series arrives on BBC One in 2017. Produced by Ridley Scott and based on an original story by Tom Hardy and his father, Taboo follows James Keziah Delaney (Tom Hardy), a man who has been to the ends of the earth and comes back irrevocably changed. Believed to be … >
The creator of BBC One’s Taboo is already planning at least another two seasons. Produced by Ridley Scott and based on an original story by Tom Hardy and his father, the eight-part series is written by Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight and is currently airing on Saturday nights on BBC One. Taboo follows James Keziah Delaney (Tom Hardy), a man who … >
The longer I watch Taboo, the more I keep thinking of that rhyme from Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. The one where they’re in the boat on the chocolate river: ‘There’s no earthly way of knowing, Which direction they are going! There’s no knowing where they’re rowing, Or which way they river’s flowing! … >
I know we’re talking about tonight’s episode, but hold on a mo and answer me the following… If I told you that next Saturday’s episode of Taboo features Tom Hollander’s Mr Cholmondely vigorously masturbating into a batch on gunpowder, and a backroom orgy during a cockfight, would you believe me? Yes? No? Maybe just one … >
Look, I’m not going to lie to you. I watch Taboo every week and, even at the halfway point, I still don’t have a handle on it. I’m not entirely sure what’s going on or where it’s all going, and the moment I think I do the show throws a curveball with psychic sex, orgasms … >
James Delaney is a man with a plan. A plan and a really great coat. Look at him, swooshing and swishing around Georgian London in it. Last week I incorrectly said it was Victorian London but – don’t let the GCSE fool you – I am an idiot. The brief presence of a heavily disguised … >
Taboo comes at you like its protagonist. It approaches forcefully and unrelenting, swathed in many shades of black; vague and yet intimidating, and with a purpose so odd and opaque that it renders your opinion of it insignificant. Taboo, like its anti-hero James Delaney (Tom Hardy) just exists. And you either have to deal with … >
BBC One has released an epic 90-second trailer for Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight’s major new drama series. Produced by Ridley Scott and based on an original story by Tom Hardy and his father, Chips Hardy, Taboo began filming in London in November 2015. The eight-part period drama’s first episode will air at 9.15pm on Saturday 7 January … >
The first trailer for BBC One’s new one-off drama about the Bronte sisters has been released. Written by Last Tango in Halifax creator Sally Wainwright, To Walk Invisible takes a new look at the extraordinary Brontë family, telling the story of these remarkable women who, despite the obstacles they faced, came from obscurity to produce some of … >
Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight’s major new series Taboo will launch on BBC One in the new year. Produced by Ridley Scott and based on an original story by Tom Hardy and his father, Chips Hardy, the eight-part period drama began filming in London last November. The first episode of Taboo will air on Saturday 7 January 2017 … >