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Taboo

Adventurer James Keziah Delaney returns to London during the War of 1812 to rebuild his late father's shipping empire. However, both the government and his biggest competitor want his inheritance at any cost--even murder.

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N/A

Year

Genre

drama, mystery, thriller

Production

Diagonale,La Sept Cinéma

Awards

Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys. 9 wins & 19 nominations total

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James Keziah Delaney

Brace

Sir Stuart Strange

Zilpha Geary

Pettifer

Wilton

Godfrey

Winter

Ruby-May Martinwood

Lorna Bow

Atticus

Helga

Strange's Clerk

Dumbarton

Robert

Louis Ashbourne Serkis

Thorne Geary

Solomon Coop

French Bill

Martinez

Pearl

Tallulah Haddon

Cholmondeley

Robert Thoyt

Nicholas Woodeson

Prince Regent

Temple

Horace Delaney

George Chichester

Brighton

Cole

Ibbotson

Christopher Fairbank

Countess Musgrove

Mudlark Girl

Evelyn Van Marle

Mudlark Boy

The Malay

Street Beggar

Larrington Walker

Ship's Captain

Luis

Tower Guard

James Oliver Wheatley

Palace Servant

Walsall

Surgeon

Concert Musicians

The Hanover Band

Junior Clerk

Musgrove's Butler

Priest

Funeral Caller

Gaoler

Hope

Auctioneer

Gypsy Woman

Gabrielle Downey

Code Duello

Anton Alexander

Priest

Doctor

Richard Teverson

Old Man

Old Lady

Jo Cameron Brown

Delf

Bluestocking

EIC Soldier

Mace

Andrew Greenough

Old Man

Pursuer

Frederick Schmidt

Passerby 1

Thoyt's Assistant

Nurse

Appleby

Roger Ashton-Griffiths

Commanding Militia Officer

Henry Pettigrew

Hall

Gent

Palace Servant

Jamie de Courcey

Priest

EIC Officer

Tom Durant Pritchard

Lady Littlewood

Elizabeth Conboy

Lady Hamilton

Footman

Jonathan Milshaw

Zilpha's Maid

Stage Maid

Molly

Dr. Powell

Michael Shaeffer

Officer Dragoon Guards

Butler

Magician

Compere

African Man

EIC Spy

Thomas Brooke Esq.

Nerissa

Mr. Arrow

Audience Member

Maria

Duke of Richmond

Count Musgrove

Exorcist

Blacksmith

Roy Martin Thorn

Blacksmith

Helga's Girl

Gent at Theatre

British Soldier

Helga's Girl

Francesca Papagno

Prince Barry

Jamie B. Chambers

Elizabeth

Guest

Gintare Beinoraviciute

Street Food Seller

Molly

Molly

Featured Pheasant Handler

Funeral and Wake Attendee

Danielle Kingston

Drunk

Boat Salesman

Helga's Girl

Butcher

Oyster Seller

East India Company Director

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James Keziah Delaney Sir Stuart Strange

I would kill for a mulatto...
the Danish pay double. - Taboo

I would kill for a mulatto... the Danish pay double.

I received a letter
from Delaney this morning. - Taboo

I received a letter from Delaney this morning.

*Put a feather in his hat...* - Taboo

*Put a feather in his hat...*

I suppose you would
call it a pincer movement. - Taboo

I suppose you would call it a pincer movement.

Two pounds for broken
doors and smashed windows. - Taboo

Two pounds for broken doors and smashed windows.

He says he's happy for
the Nootka trading post, - Taboo

He says he's happy for the Nootka trading post,

There are reports that say that
some of the robbers were women. - Taboo

There are reports that say that some of the robbers were wom...

So no one can
take you to the clink - Taboo

So no one can take you to the clink

So, if a Company
man comes calling, - Taboo

So, if a Company man comes calling,

Well, perhaps,
before I write to Delaney, - Taboo

Well, perhaps, before I write to Delaney,

You have goodness in you...
I can see it in your eyes... - Taboo

You have goodness in you... I can see it in your eyes...

Brighton, Martinez, shut the street down, - Taboo

Brighton, Martinez, shut the street down,

You'll allow this savage to determine
our American policy? - Taboo

You'll allow this savage to determine our American poli...

Winter, she's your daughter,
isn't she? - Taboo

Winter, she's your daughter, isn't she?

SNARLING - Taboo

West of Michigan, - Taboo

West of Michigan,

Off my streets! - Taboo

Off my streets!

And, in return, you would
sell out the East India? - Taboo

And, in return, you would sell out the East India?

I would rather that you worked
with me rather than against me. - Taboo

I would rather that you worked with me rather than against m...

Settle your dispute with the King
regarding Bombay and we can talk. - Taboo

Settle your dispute with the King regarding Bombay and we ca...

You do realise this whole
business is about revenge. - Taboo

You do realise this whole business is about revenge.

And whorehouses are full of secrets,
and secrets, to me, are weapons. - Taboo

And whorehouses are full of secrets, and secrets, to me, are...

And why would James Delaney
hate the India so? - Taboo

And why would James Delaney hate the India so?

James Delaney is laughing at us. - Taboo

James Delaney is laughing at us.

Yes? - Taboo

The Crown, Coop, the Prince, - Taboo

The Crown, Coop, the Prince,

Where is he? - Taboo

If you're looking for money,
those accounts are ten years old. - Taboo

If you're looking for money, those accounts are ten yea...

Talk of prosecutions
for negligence, - Taboo

Talk of prosecutions for negligence,

Where are my father's inventories
and his shipping logs? - Taboo

Where are my father's inventories and his shipping logs...

Delaney will as easily sell
Nootka to the Americans - Taboo

Delaney will as easily sell Nootka to the Americans

Talk of complicity. - Taboo

Talk of complicity.

He burnt them all. - Taboo

He burnt them all.

And all the while,
sniggering behind our backs. - Taboo

And all the while, sniggering behind our backs.

What the hell do you think
you're doing? - Taboo

What the hell do you think you're doing?

Now, there, the King and the Company - Taboo

Now, there, the King and the Company

We just have to find out where. - Taboo

We just have to find out where.

'My cage is my flesh, I can shed it. - Taboo

'My cage is my flesh, I can shed it.

My Lady, I am so sore to have
to bring you this news. - Taboo

My Lady, I am so sore to have to bring you this news.

I blaspheme with impunity - Taboo

I blaspheme with impunity

The death of my father was not
the work of fate but of one man! - Taboo

The death of my father was not the work of fate but of one m...

'Death is just the turning
of a key in a lock. - Taboo

'Death is just the turning of a key in a lock.

Mr Delaney? - Taboo

I imagine the envelope contains
a financial offer. - Taboo

I imagine the envelope contains a financial offer.

'Whether God will accept
me is another matter, - Taboo

'Whether God will accept me is another matter,

The cursed dwarf Frenchman
with a bullet head! - Taboo

The cursed dwarf Frenchman with a bullet head!

Now we've screwed maharajas,
we've screwed moguls, - Taboo

Now we've screwed maharajas, we've screwed moguls,

[crowd boo] - Taboo

Who's helping Delaney? - Taboo

Who's helping Delaney?

'Or perhaps my feelings for you, - Taboo

'Or perhaps my feelings for you,

Listen, the accounts told me that
we have a leasehold of 50 years - Taboo

Listen, the accounts told me that we have a leasehold of 50 ...

Fuck Napoleon! - Taboo

'Whatever my destination, if
you survive your recklessness, - Taboo

'Whatever my destination, if you survive your recklessn...

And out in the streets... - Taboo

And out in the streets...

Your father hadnae been up there
in eight years, sir. - Taboo

Your father hadnae been up there in eight years, sir.

And that to avenge the death of the
good people, like my dear father, - Taboo

And that to avenge the death of the good people, like my dea...

♪ God save our gracious King ♪ - Taboo

♪ God save our gracious King ♪

Let it be known
along the Wapping Wall, - Taboo

Let it be known along the Wapping Wall,

Should any girl in the chorus
have taken your eye, Sir, - Taboo

Should any girl in the chorus have taken your eye, Sir,

James, James! - Taboo

There are boys in the
chorus too, Sir, if you prefer. - Taboo

There are boys in the chorus too, Sir, if you prefer.

Gently. - Taboo

Yes, well, I'm afraid
Miss Bow is unavailable. - Taboo

Yes, well, I'm afraid Miss Bow is unavailable.

I will tell Mr. Madison I have made
an extraordinary discovery. - Taboo

I will tell Mr. Madison I have made an extraordinary discove...

Always, Sir, on account of her
being a fussy, stuck up bitch, Sir. - Taboo

Always, Sir, on account of her being a fussy, stuck up bitch...

Give it to Miss Bow - Taboo

Give it to Miss Bow

..As if there were a door
open in this very house. - Taboo

..As if there were a door open in this very house.

Oi! - Taboo

You know that I lay with you when
I was just a little boy. - Taboo

You know that I lay with you when I was just a little boy.

I told your friends... - Taboo

I told your friends...

Where did you get the key?This key?
This is my father's key. - Taboo

Where did you get the key?This key? This is my father's...

What the hell are you doing here, - Taboo

What the hell are you doing here,

Your father stopped coming.
It was empty. - Taboo

Your father stopped coming. It was empty.

♪ I gave it to a bonnie lad ♪ - Taboo

♪ I gave it to a bonnie lad ♪

If they don't sing, then
how do I hear them? - Taboo

If they don't sing, then how do I hear them?

Do you want to fuck? - Taboo

Do you want to fuck?

Making gunpowder and being careful
are good bedfellows. - Taboo

Making gunpowder and being careful are good bedfellows.

♪ How can I keep my maidenhead ♪ - Taboo

♪ How can I keep my maidenhead ♪

With the workers in the yard and
the boats that moor at the wharf... - Taboo

With the workers in the yard and the boats that moor at the ...

That is a question to be asked
and answered in America. - Taboo

That is a question to be asked and answered in America.

♪ The boring out, the riving out ♪ - Taboo

♪ The boring out, the riving out ♪

He's just scared of you. - Taboo

He's just scared of you.

You say I took your cherry. - Taboo

You say I took your cherry.

That is a question to be asked
and answered in America. - Taboo

That is a question to be asked and answered in America.

You've lots of people waiting for you, - Taboo

You've lots of people waiting for you,

Where have you been, little boy? - Taboo

Where have you been, little boy?

Your secret won't remain a secret for
very long in the East India Company. - Taboo

Your secret won't remain a secret for very long in the ...

But between friends,
so where's the harm? - Taboo

But between friends, so where's the harm?

Tide's rising. - Taboo

Spoken for, Sir. - Taboo

Spoken for, Sir.

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Adventurer James Keziah Delaney returns to London during the War of 1812 to rebuild his late father's shipping empire. However, both the government and his biggest competitor want his inheritance at any cost--even murder.

User Rating: 5.0 (1 rating)

Director: N/A

Writer: Chips Hardy, Tom Hardy, Steven Knight

Production: Diagonale,La Sept Cinéma

Genre: drama, mystery, thriller

Year: 2017

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 8.3

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Released: 10 Jan 2017

Awards: Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys. 9 wins & 19 nominations total

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