It's not a period drama until someone gets naked and covers themselves in blood. "You're lucky there was a loin cloth because I didn't want one. In the final cut, a loin cloth preserved Delaney’s (and the BBC’s) dignity. The actor filmed sequences involving full frontal nudity, which were unfortunately leaked, and eventually cut from the show. Originally, Hardy wanted season one to be more, well, ‘taboo’. It was a trailblazer for that Saturday-night drama." It got people talking, and it sort of created that slot. "But it was inspired too, because it worked. "A second series can't come soon enough."Ĭhatting to, Knight said: "Their decision to put something like Taboo, which is pretty on the edge, on a Saturday night on BBC One was mad. "Launching in a new Saturday-night slot on BBC One provided us with an opportunity to take risks and showcase distinctive drama and the growing talkability of Taboo has engaged younger audiences seeing record numbers coming to iPlayer, with the availability of the box set maximising audiences even further," she said. Executive producer Ridley Scott added: "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."īBC director of content Charlotte Moore described season one as a "phenomenal success", going on to say that the "record numbers" of viewers were largely due to sticking it on BBC iPlayer.
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