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Murphy: Peaky Blinders 'very strange' without McCrory

Cillian Murphy has said it felt "very strange" to be on the set of Peaky Blinders without co-star Helen McCrory following her death last year.

Television • 02 Feb 22

Lewis in poetic tribute to late wife Helen McCrory

Damian Lewis has remembered his late wife Helen McCrory at a poetry reading event dedicated to the Peaky Blinders star.

Movies • 26 Jan 22

Peaky Blinders without Helen McCrory was 'a challenge'

Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight has admitted that continuing the story after the death of actress Helen McCrory was a "challenge" – but believes she would have wanted them to keep going with the crime drama.

Television • 17 Jan 22

Graham 'pinched himself' working with Cillian Murphy

Stephen Graham has revealed he "had to pinch" himself while filming scenes with Cillian Murphy for Peaky Blinders.

Television • 09 Jun 21

Murphy says McCrory was his closest colleague on Peaky

Cillian Murphy has paid tribute to his late Peaky Blinders co-star Helen McCrory, saying she was his "closest colleague" on the show and "one of the finest actors" he has ever worked with.

Television • 28 May 21

Cillian Murphy filming Peaky Blinders, image via Anthony Byrne/Instagram

Peaky Blinders wraps filming on sixth and final season

Peaky Blinders wrapped filming on its sixth and final season on Thursday.

Peaky Blinders • 28 May 21

Cillian Murphy 'humbled' by impact of Peaky Blinders

Cillian Murphy has said the impact of Peaky Blinders is "very humbling", after it was revealed that his performance in the show led to him being cast in the upcoming horror/thriller A Quiet Place II.

Movie • 26 May 21

A new Irish release date for A Quiet Place Part II has yet to be announced

Cillian Murphy kicks off Quiet Place Part II countdown

The final trailer for A Quiet Place Part II has been released - and Cillian Murphy is to the fore of the monster movie mayhem.

Movies • 06 May 21

Stephen Graham joins the cast of Peaky Blinders

Stephen Graham has officially joined the cast of BBC period drama Peaky Blinders.

Line of Duty • 29 Apr 21

Cillian Murphy as Peaky Blinders' Tommy Shelby Photo: BBC

Peaky Blinders movie always the plan, says creator

Following the news that the upcoming series of the Cillian Murphy-starring crime-drama Peaky Blinders will be the last, creator and showrunner Steven Knight has said it has always been his plan to end the gangster saga with a film.

Television • 19 Jan 21

Peaky Blinders to end after sixth and final season

As filming commences on season six of Peaky Blinders, it has been announced that this will be last season of the much-loved show.

Television • 18 Jan 21

Life: Alison Steadman, Melissa Johns, Adrian Lester and Victoria Hamilton

What's on? 10 top telly tips for Tuesday September 29

Alison Steadman stars in new BBC drama Life, Peaky Blinders and COSC return, Sandi Toksvig completes The Write Offs, while The Great British Bake Off and 9-1-1: Lone Star continue . . .

Television • 29 Sep 20

Steven Knight: "It's the way people have taken to it. The international audience that all get it."

Peaky Blinders creator proud of show's global success

Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight has said that he is proud of the programme's international success.

Television • 01 Jul 20

Kristen Stewart - Due to begin filming Spencer early next year

Kristen Stewart to play Diana, Princess of Wales

Kristen Stewart is to portray Britain's Diana, Princes of Wales in a film about the end of her marriage to Prince Charles.

Movies • 17 Jun 20

Peaky Blinders' writer regrets killing off Aberama Gold

The writer of Peaky Blinders has said that he regrets killing Aberama Gold, who was played by Irish actor Aidan Gillen, in the popular BBC period gangster series

Television • 02 Jun 20

Presenters rally as BBC Four is linked with closure

BBC Four presenters are campaigning to save the channel amid rumours that the UK's national broadcaster is looking to close it down in order to cut costs.

BBC Four • 14 May 20

Charlene McKenna - "It's been a bit of upheaval but nothing in comparison to what people are going through"

Charlene McKenna unfazed by wedding uncertainty

Peaky Blinders star Charlene McKenna has told RTÉ Radio 1's Ray D'Arcy Show that although her wedding plans have gone "belly up" due to the Covid-19 emergency, it is "nothing in comparison to what other people are going through".

Television • 05 May 20

Peaky Blinders' Helen McCrory: pandemic 'overwhelming'

Peaky Blinders' star Helen McCrory has said she has found the coronavirus pandemic "overwhelming" and has had experienced moments of spontaneously bursting into tears.

Helen McCrory • 10 Apr 20

Peaky Blinders and Mrs Brown's Boys - Best Drama and Best Comedy winners respectively. Peaky Blinders star Cillian Murphy won Best Drama performance

Great night for Irish at UK National Television Awards

The Cillian Murphy-starring Peaky Blinders and Brendan O'Carroll's Mrs Brown's Boys were among the winners at the UK's National Television Awards at London's O2 Arena on Tuesday night.

Television • 29 Jan 20

Cillian Murphy - Decided that sending an email congratulating John Krasinski on A Quiet Place would have been "so cheesy"

Cillian Murphy stayed shtum to get A Quiet Place 2 role

A Quiet Place director John Krasinski has joked that if Cillian Murphy had sent an intended email praising him for his 2018 post-apocalyptic chiller he wouldn't have cast the Cork actor in the sequel.

Movies • 22 Jan 20

Cillian Murphy - Will be joined on his New Year's Day show by Anna Calvi and Kate Tempest

Cillian Murphy back playing Xmas blinder on BBC Radio

Peaky Blinders star Cillian Murphy will be back on BBC Radio's digital station 6 Music this Christmas for a three-hour show on New Year's Day.

Television • 25 Nov 19

What's on? TV picks for Friday, Saturday and Sunday

Here are some tips on what's worth watching on the telly this weekend between now and Sunday night... as always, it's a busy one!

Television • 23 Aug 19

Cillian Murphy as Tommy Shelby in Peaky Blinders

Cillian Murphy 'cancels reality' filming Peaky Blinders

Cillian Murphy has said he has to "cancel reality for a little while" while filming Peaky Blinders as he likes to stay "there or thereabouts" in the headspace of his character Tommy Shelby.

Television • 21 Aug 19

Season five of Peaky Blinders begins on BBC One on Sunday, August 25 at 9:00pm

Peaky Blinders shares season six plans

Peaky Blinders' Irish director Anthony Byrne has said the plan is to film the sixth series of the Cillian Murphy-starring crime-drama "early next year".

Television • 16 Aug 19

Aidan Gillen excited by the scale of new Peaky Blinders

Aidan Gillen has teased the upcoming series of Peaky Blinders saying he was "quite excited by these scripts, even more so than last year" adding that the scale of the set pieces will match or exceed what has come before them.

Television • 11 Aug 19