Episode 5

Episode 5
Series {{{series}}}, Episode 5
Air date	Feb 4, 2017 (BBC One) Feb 7, 2017 (FX)
Written by	Steven Knight & Ben Hervey
Directed by	Anders Engström
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Episode 5 is the fifth of eight episodes of the first season of Taboo, a period drama miniseries originally aired on February 4^th, 2017 on BBC One, and February 7^th, 2017 on FX.

Synopsis

After a duel at dawn takes a surprising turn, James Delaney is blackmailed into a dangerous mission that finds him in a deadly race against time. Elsewhere, Thorne's jealousy intensifies into a vicious and spiritual realm, while animosity between the Crown and the Company escalates to a new level.

Cast

Starring Tom Hardy as James Keziah Delaney Oona Chaplin as Zilpha Geary Jonathan Pryce as Sir Stuart Strange Jefferson Hall as Thorne Geary David Hayman as Brace Jessie Buckley as Lorna Bow Guest Starring Tom Hollander as George Cholmondeley Nicholas Woodeson as Robert Thoyt Stephen Graham as Atticus Danny Ligairi as Martinez Scroobius Pip as French Bill Franka Potente as Helga von Hinten Edward Hogg as Michael Godfrey Richard Dixon as John Pettifer Leo Bill as Benjamin Wilton Ruby-May Martinwood as Winter Michael Kelly as Dumbarton Marina Hands as Countess Musgrove Mark Gatiss as Prince Regent Jason Watkins as Solomon Coop Christopher Fairbank as Ibbotson

Co-Starring Lucian Msamati as George Chichester Louis Serkis as Robert Tallulah Rose Haddon as Pearl Lewis Lloyd as Temple Oliver Powell as Hope Gabrielle Downey as Gypsy Woman Anton Alexander as Code Duello Richard Teverson as Doctor Barney White as EIC Soldier Frederick Schmidt as Pursuer Jordan Long as Walsall James Greaves as Strange's Clerk Nick Harris as EIC Spy Jak Ford-Lane as Junior Clerk Daniel Tuite as Palace Servant Albert Welling as Count Musgrove Raj Ghatak as Musgrove's Servant Matthew Marsh as Exorcist

Gallery

• Promotional Stills

Videos

Episode 5 Season 1 Episode 5 Trailer Taboo

James and Thorne duel - Taboo Episode 5 Preview - BBC One

Trivia

• When Cholmondeley is stirring the cauldron he quotes Falstaff in Shakespeare's "Henry IV" Part 1, Act 3, Scene 3.
• The exorcist said that Zilpha was possessed by a "Barbason." The name of a demon or fiend mentioned by Shakespeare alongside Lucifer and Amaimon in "The Merry Wives of Windsor."