{"id":14713,"date":"2022-05-02T10:33:21","date_gmt":"2022-05-02T08:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1636274"},"modified":"2022-05-02T11:06:26","modified_gmt":"2022-05-02T09:06:26","slug":"taboo-season-2-to-start-production-at-end-of-2023-says-steven-knight","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/taboo-season-2-to-start-production-at-end-of-2023-says-steven-knight\/","title":{"rendered":"Taboo season 2 to start production at end of 2023, says Steven Knight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By James Hibbs\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Monday, 02 May 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Steven Knight is a busy man these days. While <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/peaky-blinders-season-7-release-cancelled-newsupdate\/&quot;\">Peaky Blinders<\/a> has now come to an end, there is still work to be done on the crime drama\u2019s <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/movies\/peaky-blinders-movie-release-date\/&quot;\">spin-off film<\/a>, as well as Knight\u2019s newly announced <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/peaky-blinders-steven-knight-two-tone-newsupdate\/&quot;\">ska and two-tone music drama set in Birmingham<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>However, that doesn\u2019t mean that one of his other projects, which has been in development since 2017, has fallen by the wayside \u2013 in fact, we\u2019ve just got a new update on the long-awaited <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/taboo-season-2-release-date-tom-hardy\/&quot;\">Taboo season 2<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As first reported in <a href=\"\/\/www.broadcastnow.co.uk\/bbc\/steven-knight-taboo-series-2-is-on-the-way\/5169999.article&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Broadcast<\/a>, Knight appeared at the Creative Cities Convention in Digbeth, Birmingham, where he confirmed that he is set to meet this coming week with the show\u2019s star and co-creator, Tom Hardy, to discuss where the series will go next.<\/p>\n<p>Knight said: \u201cI imagine that it will start production towards the end of next year. [Tom and I] are both keen to continue and there are lots of people who want us to continue in that direction. It\u2019s been a question of schedules and deciding where it goes next.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--aspect=\"\" style=\"&quot;padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2019\/08\/tom-hardy-taboo-a1345fc.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=298%2C199,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2019\/08\/tom-hardy-taboo-a1345fc.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=298%2C199,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2019\/08\/tom-hardy-taboo-a1345fc.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=354%2C236,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source 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data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2019\/08\/tom-hardy-taboo-a1345fc.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=619%2C413&quot;\" width=\"&quot;620&quot;\" height=\"&quot;413&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" title=\"&quot;&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div><div class=\"&quot;caption-hold&quot;\"><figcaption class=\"&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;caption-copy&quot;\"><i class=\"&quot;icon-arrow\" icon-camera-circle=\"\"\/> Tom Hardy in Taboo<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"> <i>BBC \/ Scott Free<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<p>A 2023 start date could mean that we\u2019ll see the new season in 2024, so here\u2019s hoping the long wait for more Taboo is finally coming to an end.<\/p>\n<p>The first season of Taboo, which explored the dark side of 19th century London and co-starred Jessie Buckley, Oona Chaplin and Stephen Graham amongst others, was a hit with audiences and critics alike.<\/p>\n<p>However, little has been heard since about the second season, which was commissioned over five years ago in March 2017.<\/p> <p><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/tom-hardy-taboo-season-2-newsupdate\/&quot;\">Hardy did give an update<\/a> on the series\u2019 continuation last year, calling it \u201creally, really important\u201d to him, and saying that \u201cWe\u2019re still playing with ideas: you could go linear, a continuation of time, or we could drop prior to London or we could quantum-leap through time! I don\u2019t know whether to go orthodox \u2013 there\u2019s a series of that already written \u2013 but I don\u2019t know if that\u2019s the right way to go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"&quot;s1&quot;\"><strong>Taboo season 1 is now available to stream on <a href=\"\/\/www.netflix.com\/title\/80158276&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Netflix<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span><span class=\"&quot;s1&quot;\"><strong>Check out our\u00a0<a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/&quot;\">Drama<\/a>\u00a0hub for more news, interviews and features or find something to watch with\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><strong>our\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\" noreferrer=\"\">TV Guide<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b><span class=\"&quot;elementToProof&quot;\">The latest issue of Radio Times magazine is on sale no<\/span><\/b><strong><span class=\"&quot;elementToProof&quot;\">w\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"&quot;elementToProof&quot;\">\u2013\u00a0<a href=\"&quot;http:\/\/radiotimes.com\/magazine-subscription?utm_term=evergreen-article&quot;\">subscribe now<\/a><\/span><\/strong><strong>\u00a0and get the next 12 issues for only \u00a31. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to the\u00a0<a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/audio\/podcasts\/&quot;\">Radio Times podcast<\/a><\/strong><strong>\u00a0with<\/strong><b>\u00a0Jane Garvey.<\/b><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By James Hibbs Published: Monday, 02 May 2022 at 12:00 am Steven Knight is a busy man these days. While Peaky Blinders has now come to an end, there is still work to be done on the crime drama\u2019s spin-off film, as well as Knight\u2019s newly announced ska and two-tone music drama set in Birmingham. 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