Helen McCrory

Minuet by Harriet O’Carroll on BBC4 Radio Extra

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Helen as Jane Austen? Yes, please!

Helenistic | helen-mccrory.com | April 14, 2022

BBC4 Radio Extra has now made Harriett O’Carroll’s Minuet – an hour long radio play – available for a month. Don’t miss this fantastic play in which Helen McCrory gives life to novelist Jane Austen! The story focuses on Austen’s real-life love affair with the son of a Limerick army officer, Tom Leffroy. This affair fuelled Austen’s desire to become a writer.

Starring Helen McCrory as Jane Austen.

Written by Harriet O’Carroll.

Jane Austen …. Helen McCrory
Tom …. John Light
Mr Austen …. John Rowe
Mrs Austen …. Paula Jacobs
Eliza …. Geraldine Fitzgerald

With Frances Jeater, Tilly Gaunt, Giles Pagan and Harry Myers.

Director: Cherry Cookson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1999.

You can listen to Minuet in its entirety here.

Theatre Tributes

Helen McCrory in Memoriam at Olivier Awards 2022

On April 11, 2022April 11, 2022 By helenistic No Comments

The Olivier Awards Remembers…

by Helenistic | helen-mccrory.com | April 11, 2022

Each year the Olivier Awards takes a moment during the ceremony to remember those members of the London theatre community who have sadly passed away in the previous year.

Helen was among those remembered at the Olivier Awards 2022.

You can see In Memoriam section at the Olivier Awards 2022 in its entirety below.

Peaky Blinders

Peaky Blinders boss confirms Polly will remain a “fundamental part” of the movie

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Steven Knight: “She’s such a fundamental part of what Peaky is.”

by Jess Bacon | Digital Spy | March 29, 2022

Peaky Blinders season 6 spoilers follow.

Peaky Blinders fans have sorely missed Helen McCrory as Aunt Polly in season six.

Helen passed away last year before the latest season began filming, but the impact of the matriarch of the Shelby family has been felt throughout the series.

As the final ever episode of the series airs on Sunday (April 3), the show’s creator Steven Knight has opened up about the spin-off film and the important role that Polly will continue to play in the franchise.

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Peaky Blinders fans ‘crying’ as BBC airs Helen McCrory’s last-ever scenes

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Helen McCrory’s final-ever scenes aired during the penultimate episode of Peaky Blinders season six

by Talya Honebeek | Birmingham Mail | March 27, 2022

Peaky Blinders fans have been left in tears after BBC aired the late Helen McCrory’s final scenes as Aunt Polly Gray. The sixth and final series of Peaky Blinders continued tonight (March 27) on BBC One.

Tommy Shelby (played by Cillian Murphy ) set out to change the face of Birmingham’s Chinatown and help his brother Arthur reconcile with ex Linda. Elsewhere in episode five, entitled ‘Road to Hell’, he introduced his secret son Duke to the rest of the family and suffered as his health continued to decline. Continue reading Peaky Blinders fans ‘crying’ as BBC airs Helen McCrory’s last-ever scenes

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Peaky Blinders star reveals Aunt Pol was included in alternative season 6 script

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British crime show is set to end with its sixth series

by Inga Parkel |The Independent | March 25, 2022

Peaky Blinders actor Charlene McKenna has revealed that season six’s original script was entirely re-written ahead of co-star Helen McCrory’s death.

In a recent interview, McKenna, who plays IRA commander Laura McKee on the British crime drama, explained that McCrory’s character Polly “Aunt Pol” Gray was included in the first version of the script.

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