Now you can binge-watch Taboo, Tom Hardy’s hit new series, first and exclusively on Showmax in Africa.
The series has a 8.7/10 rating on IMDB, a 93% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes and is hailed by The Guardian as one of the best TV series of 2017 so far for its “heady stew of gothic revenge tale and colonial critique”
Taboo stars Hardy and is co-written by Oscar-nominee Steven Knight, directed by The Killing’s Kristoffer Nyholm, and executive produced by four-time Oscar nominee Ridley Scott
One of the more thoughtful offerings of the new year
Hardy (Oscar-nominated for The Revenant, but best known as Mad Max) plays James Keziah Delaney, long presumed dead when he returns home from Africa to 19th century London to inherit what is left of his father’s shipping empire. The East India Company are the baddies.
To add to The Guardian’s accolades The Los Angeles Times writes, “The theme here of big business versus individual morality, and the idea that sometimes the most eccentric among us are not crazy – they just know more – make Taboo one of the more unique and thoughtful offerings of the new year.”
Hardy created the dark family mystery with his father Chips and Steven Knight – Hardy’s third collaboration with the Oscar nominee following the multi-award-winning film Locke and the BAFTA and Royal Television Society-winning TV series Peaky Blinders.
All-star cast!
In addition to Hardy, Taboo’s all-star cast includes Game of Thrones’ Jonathan Pryce, Oona Chaplin, Jefferson Hall, and Lucian Msamati; Emmy-nominee Michael Kelly (House of Cards); BATFA-nominee Stephen Graham (This Is England ‘90); and BAFTA winners Tom Hollander (The Night Manager) and Jason Watkins (The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies).
Kristoffer Nyholm (The Killing) directed half the eight-part series, with Scott Free’s four-time Oscar-nominee Ridley Scott executive producing for FX and BBC One, who have already confirmed a second season.
Taboo is just one of a number of acclaimed series being added to Showmax in July; the Golden Globe-nominated Westworld has started streaming and the Golden Globe and BAFTA-nominated The Night Of starts on 17 July, 2017.
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