Taboo, the gritty BBC drama written by Peaky Blinders’ Steven Knight and starring Tom Hardy, will return for a second series.
Executive producer Ridley Scott thanked the BBC and FX for "supporting Taboo at every stage so it could be the dark, dirty brute of a drama that it is".
He went on to say, “We’re thrilled people want to know what happens next and that the BBC and FX are up for more adventures with the devil Delaney and the league of the damned.”
The air date is yet to be revealed, but hopes were always high for a renewal. Knight told the Radio Times that he was confident the show could go on for at least two more series.
“We think it has got a two and a three certainly, that’s the plan,” Knight said. “After that who knows? This series is eight parts – it’s a lot of time.”
As for the plot, Knight says “James Delaney will continue to explore many realities as he takes his band of misfits to a new world”. Hardy’s character sailed off to The Azores under the American flag in the finale of season one, and the actor told Entertainment Weekly last year: “We’re onto the next stage. The key really is Colonnade. When he says, ‘We are Americans’, James is very ambiguous with how much information he’s going to give. In his mind, you will know when the time is right.”
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