Taboo — S01E01 — Episode 1
2017 · 58 MIN · IMDB 8.4 · 6,509 VOTES · DIR. Kristoffer Nyholm
Overview
James Delaney returns to 1814 London after 10 years in Africa to claim a mysterious legacy left to him by his father.
Dialogue Timeline — 607 lines
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00:03:12 Forgive me, Father,
00:07:38 PRIEST: For as much as it has pleased Almighty God of his great mercy
00:09:18 The pox in Africa goes directly to the brain
00:11:23 Stand on the North bank of the river
00:13:22 because they know there will be lots of old men.
00:15:54 Mr. Delaney's lawyer, I attended the funeral.
00:17:14 Exceptional in different ways.
00:18:33 So,
00:20:08 But in the file I have put only the facts, sir. Not the rumors.
00:23:26 Your tea.
00:25:01 these gulls hovered around, picking at him.
00:26:57 And it's best we never talk of her when we've had brandy.
00:30:15 Your father hadn't been up there in eight years, sir.
00:32:34 You have two hours to get out.
00:34:50 you are insisting that for his own welfare he submit his claim to you.
00:37:28 Must be some witchcraft you picked up somewhere.
00:40:05 I'll know in 20 minutes. Come back when the church bell chimes.
00:43:17 Yes, and sewn back up into one piece.
00:45:44 and screwing wild pigs and his slaves in their chains.
00:49:10 You don't remember me?
00:50:55 that private ownership of the Nootka Sound landing ground
00:52:16 Mr. Delaney, as a British subject you owe a debt of loyalty
00:53:52 to behave
00:56:40 Buried in a deeper grave.
Cast & Characters
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
Franka Potente
Helga
Edward Fox
Horace Delaney
Martin Wimbush
Funeral Caller
Larrington Walker
Street Beggar
Richard Syms
Priest
Peter Yapp
Old Man
Jo Cameron Brown
Old Lady
Paul Bigley
Delf
Andrew Greenough
Mace
Tim Plester
Passerby 1
Tallulah Haddon
Pearl
Roger Ashton-Griffiths
Appleby
Christopher Fairbank
Ibbotson
Michael Shaeffer
Dr. Powell
Anthony Kaye
African Man
Louis Ashbourne Serkis
Robert
Neil Ashton
Driver (uncredited)
Phil Hodges
Drunk (uncredited)
Adam Lazarus
Blacksmith (uncredited)
Vinita Sharma
Street Food Seller (uncredited)
Terry Wood
Oyster Seller (uncredited)
Ruby-May Martinwood
Winter
Nicholas Woodeson
Robert Thoyt
Jefferson Hall
Thorne Geary
Roy Martin Thorn
Blacksmith (uncredited)
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed607
Dialogue density10.5 lines / min
First line00:03:12
Final line00:56:40
Production Record
DirectorKristoffer Nyholm
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes6,509
Factoids
Episode
Taboo, season 1, episode 1: Episode 1.
https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/65708/season/1/episode/1
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