Taboo (BBC TV series)

Taboo
Genre Drama
Written by Steven Knight
Country of origin United Kingdom
Original language(s) English
No. of series 1
No. of episodes 8
Production
Executive producer(s)
Running time 60 minutes
Production company(s)
Distributor Sonar Entertainment
Broadcast
Original channel

Taboo is a British drama television serial that is set to first broadcast on BBC One. The eight-part series, written by Steven Knight, is about an adventurer who returns to Britain from Africa along with fourteen stolen diamonds to seek vengeance after the death of his father.[1][2]

Cast

Production

Scott Free Productions and Hardy Son & Baker are the production companies behind Taboo and Sonar Entertainment will distribute the series internationally.[3][4] The executive producers are Ridley Scott, Liza Marshall and Kate Crowe for Scott Free Productions, Tom Hardy and Dean Baker for Hardy Son & Baker, and Steven Knight.[5]

Reception

Before the broadcast of Taboo, Steven Knight said the East India Company would be depicted as the historical equivalent of "the CIA, the NSA, and the biggest, baddest multinational corporation on earth". This description surprised historians, who argued it would give an excessively negative view of the East India Company.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Lazarus, Susanna (4 April 2014). "Tom Hardy teams up with Ridley Scott for new BBC1 drama". Radio Times. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
  2. ↑ Wyatt, Daisy (4 April 2014). "Tom Hardy to star in new Ridley Scott BBC drama Taboo". The Independent. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
  3. ↑ Eames, Tom (4 April 2014). "Tom Hardy to star in Steven Knight's BBC drama Taboo". Digital Spy. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
  4. ↑ Rosser, Michael (4 April 2014). "Tom Hardy to star in BBC1 Ridley Scott drama". Broadcast. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
  5. ↑ Barraclough, Leo (3 April 2014). "Tom Hardy, Ridley Scott Team on Steven Knight’s ‘Taboo’". Variety. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
  6. ↑ Singh, Anita; Copping, Jasper (4 April 2014). "BBC to break 'Taboo' with 'inaccurate' portrayal of East India Company". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 4 April 2014.