Taboo is a BBC television drama series produced by Scott Free London and Hardy Son & Baker.. 

In 1814, adventurer and businessman James Delaney (Tom Hardy) returns to England after spending twelve years in Africa, following the death of his father and the approaching end of Great Britain's war with the United States. Taboo explores the dark side of 19th-century London, its political and business corruption involving the East India Company, criminal gangs, the misery of the working class, and the increase in wealth of the rich. Written by Steve Knight.
Kristoffer Nyholm is the conzeptualising director and directed the first four episodes.