Series

Taboo

★ 7.9(1,462)20171h 0m1 season

Taboo is streaming on Netflix and Sky Go in Ireland, and available to rent or buy on Sky Store and Amazon Video. Availability checked 9 June 2026.

Where to watch Taboo

🇮🇪 Ireland

Good to know

Creator: Steven Knight, Chips Hardy, Tom Hardy
Release date: 2017-01-07
Runtime: 1h 0m
Language: English
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 8
Network: BBC One
Status: Ended
Country: United Kingdom
Studio: Hardy Son & Baker

Taboo — trailer

About Taboo

Taboo is a 2017 web series in the Drama and Mystery genres, created by Steven Knight, Chips Hardy and Tom Hardy, starring Tom Hardy, David Hayman and Jonathan Pryce. It spans 1 season and 8 episodes, and originally aired on BBC One. It holds an average rating of 7.9/10 from 1,462 viewers. Below you can see where to watch Taboo in Ireland — across streaming, rental and purchase options — along with the full cast, trailer and viewer reviews.

Synopsis

Adventurer James Keziah Delaney returns to London from Africa in 1814 along with fourteen stolen diamonds to seek vengeance after the death of his father.

Seasons (1)

Series 18 eps · 2017

Cast

Tom Hardy

James Keziah Delaney

David Hayman

Brace

Jonathan Pryce

Stuart Strange

Oona Chaplin

Zilpha Geary

Richard Dixon

Pettifer

Leo Bill

Wilton

Edward Hogg

Michael 'Godders' Godfrey

Jessie Buckley

Lorna Bow

Stephen Graham

Atticus

Themes & keywords

london, englandafricacorruptionblackmailbritish empiregreedinvestigationrevengemurderbetrayalconspiracyincest overtonesperiod dramawitchcraftadventurer