Aidan Gillen To Play Comedian Dave Allen In New TV Biopic

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Now that – spoiler alert if you're not caught up! – his time on Game Of Thrones is over, Aidan Gillen is finding other work. He's now on to play Irish comedian Dave Allen in a new TV biopic for BBC Two.

The drama, Dave Allen At Peace, will see Gillen reuniting with Peaky Blinders writer Stephen Russell, who also wrote We're Doomed: The Dad's Army Story. The new show will follow Allen's 40-year career, and explore how his comedy genius was shaped by the tragedies that struck his family (the loss of his father and brother, and one of his own fingers), and how he faced threats from the Catholic Church, the IRA and bans on Irish and Australian TV.

And if we're talking reunions, there's also another Thrones veteran in the cast, with Conleth Hill present and correct alongside Tommy Tiernan and Joanne Crawford. It'll start shooting this month in Northern Ireland.

Gillen, last seen in King Arthur: Legend Of The Sword, is attached to play James Joyce in James And Lucia.

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