With Steven Knight currently hard at work on the second season of the BBC One and FX show Taboo, the Peaky Blinders creator has been chatting to The Huffington Post about the period drama, stating that he envisions it running for three seasons in total.
“I can feel the three acts,” says Knight, who created the show with star Tom Hardy and Chips Hardy. “The first was ‘the escape’. The second will be ‘the journey’ and the third will be ‘the arrival’, and that’ll be it. I don’t think the story will be what viewers are expecting, but hopefully they’ll enjoy it. You have to work really hard to make history boring. There was always lots going on, with structures failing, being rebuilt. History has always been taught in terms of kings and queens, and actually the real drama is at the far less stable points in society. That’s where I find my stories.”
Taboo takes place in 1814 and stars Hardy as James Delaney, a man who returns to England after twelve years in Africa looking to claim his inheritance following the death of his father.
Originally published June 12, 2017. Updated April 15, 2018.
