Great Expectations – BBC announce Olivia Colman for their next Dickens

The Oscar winner will become Miss Havisham for Steven Knight’s take on the classic tale.  While the final television series of Peaky Blinders is set to debut at the end of February, the BBC have announced casting for another Steven Knight project. The writer is tackling another Charles Dickens novel, Great Expectations, having previously brought … >

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Peaky Blinders ending after series six

Peaky Blinders Season 6 launch date announced

The show’s final run of episodes at the BBC is coming to dominate your Sunday nights.  Season 6 of Peaky Blinders is nearly upon us. Thanks to the pandemic it’s been a long time coming, but in the upcoming run, Tommy Shelby (Cillian Murphy) will have to contend with the continuing rise of the Nazi … >

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Peaky Blinders will go into and beyond World War Two

Creator Steven Knight reframes the timescale of the show ahead of the final series.  Thanks to a recent interview with Empire magazine, we’ve learned some more of creator Steven Knight’s Peaky Blinders plans. The show returns for its final television run this year – a trailer landed last month – but we’ve been pretty certain … >

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Taboo series 2 – “We are trying to get stars aligned…”

Writer Steven Knight indicates that it’s a matter of when, not if.  Almost two years ago, CultBox happily reported that scripts for the second run of Taboo were almost complete. With writer Steven Knight (Peaky Blinders) teasing the show’s future potentially running to a third season, there was optimistic talk of a late-2019 or 2020 … >

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Peaky Blinders ending earlier than expected after series 6

The BBC has announced Peaky Blinders is ending after series 6, despite original plans for it to go on longer Although the immediate message is clear, ie Peaky Blinders is ending, the story gets a little murkier. The announcement starts with The forthcoming sixth series of Peaky Blinders will be the last, writer and creator Steven … >

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Peaky Blinders: first look at Sam Claflin

With promotion for Peaky Blinders‘ fifth series already underway, the BBC have unveiled our first look at incoming star Sam Claflin… Details are thin on the ground but The Hunger Games actor joins Anya Taylor-Joy and Brian Gleeson as new players in Steven Knight’s knotty Birmingham-set crime drama. Here he is looking suitably dour: The reveal of Claflin’s … >

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Peaky Blinders series 5: Taylor-Joy, Claflin and more join cast

As filming continues on Peaky Blinders‘ fifth outing a handful of famous names have been added to the already star-studded cast… Anya Taylor-Joy (Split, Thoroughbreds, The Miniaturist) was previously announced as boarding the cast but joining her will be Sam Claflin (Adrift, Me Before You), Brian Gleeson (Phantom Thread). Also cast in series 5 are – deep breath – Neil … >

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Peaky Blinders will end after series 7

Under its original plan, the acclaimed drama Peaky Blinders was set to wrap up after its fifth series of the show, that’s set to film later this year. Anthony Byrne will be directing the next run of episodes, but as had been widely suggested, they won’t be the final ones. Instead, the show’s creator – … >

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