Nicholas Woodeson as Robert Thoyt, Delaney's solicitor.Jason Watkins as Solomon Coop, Private Secretary to the Sovereign.Jonathan Pryce as Sir Stuart Strange, Chairman of the East India Company.Marina Hands as Countess Musgrove/Carlsbad, an American spymaster in London.Tom Hollander as George Cholmondeley, a chemist and scientist.Michael Kelly as Edgar Dumbarton, an American physician at St Bartholomew's Hospital and spy.Franka Potente as Helga von Hinten, a brothel madam.Edward Hogg as Michael Godfrey, minute taker with the East India Company.David Hayman as Brace, Horace Delaney's loyal servant.Jefferson Hall as Thorne Geary, Zilpha's husband and an insurance broker.Stephen Graham as Atticus, an underworld informant to Delaney.Oona Chaplin as Zilpha Geary (née Delaney), James Delaney's half-sister.Jessie Buckley as Lorna Delaney (née Bow), Horace's widow.Leo Bill as Benjamin Wilton, a records officer with the East India Company.Tom Hardy as James Keziah Delaney, Horace Delaney's son.The series has received generally favourable reviews, with critics praising Hardy's performance, visual presentation, and pacing. Kristoffer Nyholm and Anders Engström each directed four episodes of the first series (season). 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. In 1814, adventurer and businessman James Delaney (Tom Hardy) returns to England after having spent twelve years in Africa, following the death of his father and the approaching end of Great Britain's war with the United States. The eight-episode series was created by Steven Knight, Tom Hardy, and his father, Chips Hardy, based on a story written by Tom and Chips Hardy. It premiered on BBC One in the United Kingdom, on 7 January 2017 and on FX in the United States, on 10 January 2017. French Bill is a taciturn henchman who is not afraid dirtying his hands, nor to perform illegal acts.Taboo is a BBC television drama series produced by Scott Free London and Hardy Son & Baker. French Bill is a lanky man with a thick beard and greasy black hair, often seen wearing worn clothes.įrench Bill is a criminal who assists Atticus in his misdeeds, partaking the illegal activities of the Dolphin Inn gang.įrench Bill and Atticus about to rob East India Company's warehousesįrench Bill and Atticus were amidst the crowd of tenant farmers and creditors during the testamentary reading of the late Horace Delaney at the lawyer's office. Nootka Sound is a small inlet of land on the western coast of Vancouver Island. During the meeting, they recognised Thorne Geary as the mysterious gentleman who had offered money to Atticus in order to kill Horace Delaney. It was known as Mowichat by the Nuu-chah-luuth, the tribe that has called it home for centuries. The mother of Tom Hardy ’s character, James Delaney, on Taboo was a member of that tribe. Later, French Bill was present when Atticus offered to James Delaney to dispose of Geary's corpse at the harbour. įrench Bill was present during the illegal trade between Atticus and James Delaney. ( Episode 3) French Bill also took part in the robbery planned by the two partners at the expense of the East India Company, helping to shed a bad light on the joint company in the eyes of the British Crown. Hired by James Delaney to protect prostitutes, French Bill was called loudly by Winter when a soldier was threatening Pearl, one of the prostitutes. French Bill burst into the room, and then the soldier's corpse was left on the beach by Atticus. įrench Bill participated, along with the rest of the gang, in the displacement of the gunpowder hidden in a hearse falsely listed as carrying cholera's victims. ĭolphin Inn Gang ready to fight Prince Regent's soldiers helping to carry out the negotiations with the Americans as stipulated previously between Delaney and Dumbarton. He was frequently controlling the cargo required to set sail, and obtaining the legal documents necessary to acquire a ship for the Delaney Nootka Trading Company directly from the East India Company. When Benjamin Wilton insulted James, French Bill shot him in the forehead after giving him Sir Stuart Strange's greetings Thus revealing that Sir Strange was nothing else but a pawn in the hands of Delaney. Later, French Bill actively took part during the clash with King's guards at the docks and, after using a wounded George Cholmondeley as a shield against some of them, he arranged to bring the chemist to safety on board the ship, cleverly subtracted from the East India Company.
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