Tom Hardy appears in trailer for new BBC/FX period drama 'Taboo'

LONDON, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- The BBC has released a 90-second trailer for its upcoming, eight-part drama Taboo.

Series star Tom Hardy and iconic filmmaker Ridley Scott are executive producing the 19th century-set show, which was created by Steven Knight.

Taboo tells the story of Delaney, "a man who has been to the ends of the earth and comes back irrevocably changed," a synopsis said.

Co-starring Michael Kelly, Oona Chaplin, David Hayman and Jonathan Pryce, the show will air on the BBC in the United Kingdom and on FX in the United States in January.