Taboo - Season 1
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USA UK
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FX
BBC One
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Genre
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Period drama
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Broadcast
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2017
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No. of Episodes
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8
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Main Cast
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WARNING! THIS PAGE CONTAINS SPOILERS!
Flintlock Pistols
Tower Sea Service Pistol
Flintlock Pistols are carried by James Keziah Delaney (Tom Hardy) in the "Episode 2" and 3, and by Thorne Geary (Jefferson Hall) for the duel in "Episode 5", Helga von Hinten (Franka Potente) opens fire on Delaney with one in "Episode 7", and in the final "Episode 8" Atticus (Stephen Graham) and Delaney both use them.
Tower Sea Service Pistol used by the British Royal Navy.
Delaney hands Brace (
David Hayman) a pistol to use for home defense in "Episode 2" (S1E2).
Another view of the pistol.
Delaney holds the pistol on Lorna's would-be kidnappers in "Episode 3" (S1E3).
Thorne Geary (
Jefferson Hall) presents his pistol prior to the duel in "Episode 5" (S1E5).
The business end of Helga's pistol in "Episode 7" (S1E7).
Atticus (
Stephen Graham) holds up an East India Company carriage in "Episode 8" (S1E8).
Delaney fires his pistol during the street fight with British soldiers in "Episode 8" (S1E8).
.50 cal English Flintlock
Atticus acquires a .50 caliber English Flintlock Pistol for James Delaney (Tom Hardy) in "Episode 3" (S1E3) with Delaney later carrying it during his duel with Geary in "Episode 5" (S1E5).
English Flintlock Pistol - .50 Caliber.
Delaney inspects the pistol in "Episode 3" (S1E3).
Delaney holds Geary (
Jefferson Hall) at gunpoint in "Episode 5" (S1E5)
British 1756 Light Dragoon Pistol
The British 1756 Light Dragoon Pistol is used by multiple people in the final "Episode 8" (S1E8), Edmund Pettifer (Richard Dixon) draws one during the hold-up of his carriage, Dr. Cholmondeley (Tom Hollander) and Brace (David Hayman) use them during the gunfight towards the end of the episode.
British 1756 Light Dragoon Pistol - .68 caliber.
Pettifer with his pistol in "Episode 8" (S1E8).
and ties a string around the trigger to fire it from cover.
Brace, ironically, with a brace of pistols looks on before the gunfight in "Episode 8" (S1E8).
Flintlock Pocket Pistol
James Delaney (Tom Hardy) gives a Flintlock Pocket Pistol to one of Helga's prostitutes, who later gives it to Helga (Franka Potente) to use in "Episode 4" (S1E4).
Pocket-sized Flintlock Pistols.
Delaney passes the pistol to Helga's girl outside his home in "Episode 4" (S1E4).
Helga von Hinten (
Franka Potente) holds the pistol on an East India Company man in "Episdeo 4" (S1E4).
Irish Twin Flintlock
French Bill (David Meads), one of Atticus' men, uses a Double-Barrel flintlock pistol during "Episode 8" (S1E8).
Irish Twin Flintlock, among the earliest multi-barrelled handguns.
French Bill fires his pistol in "Episode 8" (S1E8).
Unknown Flintlock Pistol
Helga (Franka Potente) drops an unknown flintlock pocket pistol while boarding the ship towards the end of "Episode 8" (S1E8).
The pistol lays on the docks.
Shotguns
Blunderbuss
Atticus (Stephen Graham) uses a Blunderbuss in "Episode 8" (S1E8).
English Flintlock Blunderbuss.
Atticus with his freshly fired Blunderbuss during the carriage hold-up in "Episode 8" (S1E8).
Muskets
Brown Bess Musket
Soldiers for the British and the East India Company carry the period-appropiate Brown Bess Flintlock Musket throughout the series, most notably in episodes seven and eight. Delaney and his men use mutliple ones during the gunfight towards the end of "Episode 8" (S1E8).
British Long Land Pattern Brown Bess - .75 cal.
Soldiers escort Sir Stuart Strange (
Jonathan Pryce) in "Episode 7" (S1E7).
An East India Company soldier brings Helga to a carriage in "Episode 8" (S1E8).
Delaney (
Tom Hardy) and company await the British soldiers in "Episode 8" (S1E8).
James prepares to fire on the British in "Episode 8" (S1E8).
A British soldier frantically reloads his Brown Bess towards the end of "Episode 8" (S1E8).
Flintlock Musket
In episode 7 a wagon guard has a Flintlock Musket slung over his back.
Crafted in the Swedish style, this was the first dog lock style or "English lock" introduced into English forces and was used in the English Civil War.