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BBC debuts Taboo at Content London

Taboo, a major new BBC ONE/FX drama series created by Steven Knight with Tom Hardy and Chips Hardy is set for its exclusive world premiere at C21’s Content London on November 29.

Taboo stars Hardy and is executive produced by Ridley Scott, Tom Hardy and Steven Knight. It is produced by Scott Free London and Hardy Son and Baker.

 Kate Crowe, exec producer at Scott Free, Tom Hardy, Chips Hardy, exec producer Dean Baker and Steven Knight


Kate Crowe, exec producer at Scott Free, Tom Hardy, Chips Hardy, exec producer Dean Baker and Steven Knight

Set in 1814, the series follows James Keziah Delaney (Hardy), a man who has been to the ends of the Earth and comes back irrevocably changed. Believed to be long dead, he returns home to London from Africa to inherit what is left of his father’s shipping empire and rebuild a life for himself. But his father’s legacy is a poisoned chalice, and with enemies lurking in every dark corner, James must navigate increasingly complex territories to avoid his own death sentence. Encircled by conspiracy, murder and betrayal, a dark family mystery unfolds in a combustible tale of love and treachery.

Starring alongside Hardy are Michael Kelly, Jonathan Pryce, Oona Chaplin, Franka Potente, Stephen Graham, Tom Hollander, David Hayman, Jessie Buckley, Jefferson Hall, Ed Hogg, Leo Bill, Christopher Fairbank, Richard Dixon, Jason Watkins, Nicholas Woodeson and Lucian Msamati.

Ridley Scott

Ridley Scott

Talent behind the camera includes executive producer Ridley Scott, director of photography Mark Patten, production designer Sonja Klaus, costume designer Joanna Eatwell, casting director Nina Gold and Kate Crowe, exec producer at Scott Free. Taboo is directed by Kristoffer Nyholm, and reunites Hardy and Knight for their third collaboration following Locke and Peaky Blinders. Sonar Entertainment is distributing worldwide outside the UK.

The BBC will premiere Taboo at C21’s Content London on Tuesday November 29 at 19.45, headlining C21’s International Drama Summit screenings agenda.

The premiere will be open to Content London delegates. You can find out more about the full three-day Drama Summit agenda and register online by clicking here.

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