We discuss Tom Hardy's television passion project and how he produced it with his father and a string of well-known storytellers. We also examine the show's symbolic demonization of corporations and what that says about historical accuracy and our present understanding of modern economics.

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• Taboo, Season One

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• Tom Hardy wins dream acting role - after convincing his dad to create it for him
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• BBC to break 'Taboo' with 'inaccurate' portrayal of East India Company
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• Taboo writer Steven Knight plans at least two more series of the BBC1 drama
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• Naysayers be damned! Tom Hardy's Taboo is a work of Wicker Man genius
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