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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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Overall

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Story

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James Keziah Delaney Sir Stuart Strange

He bought some land
and he bought a wife. - Taboo

He bought some land and he bought a wife.

I attended Mr. Delaney's
funeral and a ghost appeared, - Taboo

I attended Mr. Delaney's funeral and a ghost appeared,

This programme/film contains some strong language - Taboo

This programme/film contains some strong language

I'm investigating the sinking of
a sloop called the Cornwallis. - Taboo

I'm investigating the sinking of a sloop called the Cor...

This small piece of land will be
incredibly valuable to the Americans. - Taboo

This small piece of land will be incredibly valuable to the ...

I want you to write an account
naming Sir Stuart Strange - Taboo

I want you to write an account naming Sir Stuart Strange

I have something of
great value to your nation, - Taboo

I have something of great value to your nation,

One thing Africa did not cure is
that I still love you. - Taboo

One thing Africa did not cure is that I still love you.

You witnessed the division of the gunpowder - Taboo

You witnessed the division of the gunpowder

Someone has been brought
to London to try and kill me, - Taboo

Someone has been brought to London to try and kill me,

Now he is returned - Taboo

Now he is returned

On direct instruction of
James Delaney himself, sir. - Taboo

On direct instruction of James Delaney himself, sir.

You used to straighten your skirts - Taboo

You used to straighten your skirts

We have Delaney, we have Nootka,
we have the China trade. - Taboo

We have Delaney, we have Nootka, we have the China trade.

I can give you whatever you like...
boys, girls. - Taboo

I can give you whatever you like... boys, girls.

This widow will
have sole claim on Nootka - Taboo

This widow will have sole claim on Nootka

In return, I will need a single
meeting with Sir Stuart Strange. - Taboo

In return, I will need a single meeting with Sir Stuart Stra...

I'd hoped to settle this matter
in a modern way, - Taboo

I'd hoped to settle this matter in a modern way,

If your witness is Delaney, - Taboo

If your witness is Delaney,

THUNDER RUMBLES - Taboo

THUNDER RUMBLES

CHURCH BELL CHIMES - Taboo

CHURCH BELL CHIMES

At last, I have found a way out of the cage - Taboo

At last, I have found a way out of the cage

Over there, a body. - Taboo

Over there, a body.

Dear Lord, we are gathered
in your presence here today - Taboo

Dear Lord, we are gathered in your presence here today

I saw the limits of my life,
the iron bars around my soul. - Taboo

I saw the limits of my life, the iron bars around my soul.

So, you've no problem with
the principle of obeying me, - Taboo

So, you've no problem with the principle of obeying me,

So, you've no problem with
the principle of obeying me, - Taboo

So, you've no problem with the principle of obeying me,

I intend to leave society, leave
London, leave England behind, - Taboo

I intend to leave society, leave London, leave England behin...

If you open up that ball of paper, - Taboo

If you open up that ball of paper,

It is a place where, someday, - Taboo

It is a place where, someday,

Only Delaney's death
will render it obsolete. - Taboo

Only Delaney's death will render it obsolete.

HE INTONES UNKNOWN LANGUAGE - Taboo

HE INTONES UNKNOWN LANGUAGE

You're in safe hands.
Your devil saved you. - Taboo

You're in safe hands. Your devil saved you.

My agent said that he saw
some unspeakable acts. - Taboo

My agent said that he saw some unspeakable acts.

Relax, Mr. Delaney. - Taboo

Relax, Mr. Delaney.

In those days, I always chose boys - Taboo

In those days, I always chose boys

[thrust of a blade] - Taboo

[thrust of a blade]

I thought they would be
less likely to return. - Taboo

I thought they would be less likely to return.

How many Company boys did you
send to crew your private ships? - Taboo

How many Company boys did you send to crew your private ship...

Please, don't believe that I will
say anything to confirm or deny - Taboo

Please, don't believe that I will say anything to confi...

He said something about a piece
of land up there in the Pacific. - Taboo

He said something about a piece of land up there in the Paci...

This is going to bring
the house down around it. - Taboo

This is going to bring the house down around it.

He said that you've been swaggering
all around town with it in your hat - Taboo

He said that you've been swaggering all around town wit...

Not even over there, where everyone dies. - Taboo

Not even over there, where everyone dies.

I need him to take a message
to Thomas Jefferson - Taboo

I need him to take a message to Thomas Jefferson

Aren't you a pretty one?! - Taboo

Aren't you a pretty one?!

In Ponta Delgada, Colonnade told me - Taboo

In Ponta Delgada, Colonnade told me

SEA BIRDS CAW, CHURCH BELL TOLLS - Taboo

SEA BIRDS CAW, CHURCH BELL TOLLS

So just tell me what
you want to say to Carlsbad, - Taboo

So just tell me what you want to say to Carlsbad,

This is allocated.
The famous Lorna Bow. - Taboo

This is allocated. The famous Lorna Bow.

The things I did in Africa make
your transactions look paltry. - Taboo

The things I did in Africa make your transactions look paltr...

Why don't you go and stand over
there by the fire and keep warm? - Taboo

Why don't you go and stand over there by the fire and k...

I witnessed and participated - Taboo

I witnessed and participated

While we're on the subject
of housekeeping, - Taboo

While we're on the subject of housekeeping,

Duelists stand apart
with the attorney between. - Taboo

Duelists stand apart with the attorney between.

The things I did in Africa make
your transactions look paltry. - Taboo

The things I did in Africa make your transactions look paltr...

And will you be including
that in your account - Taboo

And will you be including that in your account

As each ribbon is untied
a reason disappears. - Taboo

As each ribbon is untied a reason disappears.

Aye, he lived on air and honey beer. - Taboo

Aye, he lived on air and honey beer.

Interesting knife
they used to carve you up. - Taboo

Interesting knife they used to carve you up.

- From where?
- From a man in Feather Lane. - Taboo

- From where? - From a man in Feather Lane.

Under English law, as Delaney's
wife, you have the legal right - Taboo

Under English law, as Delaney's wife, you have the lega...

On my instruction, - Taboo

On my instruction,

Look, it was cheaper
than the tavern and, er, - Taboo

Look, it was cheaper than the tavern and, er,

When you came in here with bits of
a man's flesh between your teeth... - Taboo

When you came in here with bits of a man's flesh betwee...

Anyone firing à outrance - Taboo

Anyone firing à outrance

A legal precedent from 1755. - Taboo

A legal precedent from 1755.

When you came in here with bits of a man's flesh between your teeth... - Taboo

When you came in here with bits of a man's flesh...

Now that is an application to contest
the will which we have already drawn up. - Taboo

Now that is an application to contest the will which we have...

From now on, we drink beer only
from bottles and wine from flasks. - Taboo

From now on, we drink beer only from bottles and wine from f...

The granting of leave for that
application. By King's Counsel. - Taboo

The granting of leave for that application. By King's C...

According to the
Irish code of 1777. - Taboo

According to the Irish code of 1777.

And the successful
outcome of that application - Taboo

And the successful outcome of that application

Any man wounded will
be tended by the doctor. - Taboo

Any man wounded will be tended by the doctor.

LOW CHORAL SINGING - Taboo

LOW CHORAL SINGING

They serve good hock to traitors. - Taboo

They serve good hock to traitors.

And no second shot
will be fired by either gun. - Taboo

And no second shot will be fired by either gun.

- Tea?
- You tell Carlsbad that I want tea. - Taboo

- Tea? - You tell Carlsbad that I want tea.

An agreement to assign your
share of the Nootka trading post, - Taboo

An agreement to assign your share of the Nootka trading post...

I assume you want to make
some sort of a deal? - Taboo

I assume you want to make some sort of a deal?

Mrs Geary, I do not wish to be
indelicate, - Taboo

Mrs Geary, I do not wish to be indelicate,

I understand you asked poor, sweet Godfrey - Taboo

I understand you asked poor, sweet Godfrey

Gentlemen, take
up your positions. - Taboo

Gentlemen, take up your positions.

Carlsbad said, "You know, - Taboo

Carlsbad said, "You know,

The King, the Company
and the free fifteen." - Taboo

The King, the Company and the free fifteen."

Go away, Winter. - Taboo

Go away, Winter.

That I will cede sovereignty of
Nootka Sound to whichever nation - Taboo

That I will cede sovereignty of Nootka Sound to whichever na...

Oh! - Taboo

When I drop this handkerchief, - Taboo

When I drop this handkerchief,

Gentlemen, Jardine,
Matheson and Company - Taboo

Gentlemen, Jardine, Matheson and Company

Taboo poster

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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

BoxOffice:

Released: 10 Jan 2017

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

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