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Quick Info

Rating

7.9/10

Release2017

Seasons1

Episodes8

StatusEnded

Networks

BBC One

Production

Hardy Son & Baker

Scott Free Productions

TV Show

Taboo

7.9

2017

Drama

Mystery

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

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