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Aidan Gillen to play comedian Dave Allen in new biopic

September 21, 2017 by Gary Collinson

The BBC has announced that Game of Thrones alum Aidan Gillen is set to portray the controversial Irish comedian Dave Allen in an upcoming one-off drama set to air on BBC Two.

Entitled Dave Allen at Peace, the one-hour drama is being directed by Andy De Emmony (Fantabulosa!) from a script by Stephen Russell (We’re Doomed: The Dad’s Army Story) and will be framed around Gillen’s Allen perched on a stool as he looks back over his life and his 40-year career.

As per Deadline, it will ” explore how his comedy genius was shaped by the tragic loss of his father, his brother — and his finger — and how he survived decades of the Roman Catholic Church’s wrath, death threats from the IRA and a ban by Irish and Australian TV.”

SEE ALSO: Aidan Gillen set to play James Joyce in James and Lucia

Filming on Dave Allen at Peace will get underway this month, with a cast that also includes Conleth Hill (Game of Thrones), Tommy Tiernan (Father Ted) and Joanne Crawford (Line of Duty).

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, News, Television Tagged With: Aiden Gillen, Dave Allen at Peace

About Gary Collinson

Gary Collinson is a film, TV and digital content producer and writer, who is the founder of the pop culture website Flickering Myth and producer of the gothic horror feature film 'The Baby in the Basket' and the upcoming suspense thriller 'Death Among the Pines'.

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