Tag Archives: ‘Peaky Blinders’ creator pens script for BBC adaptation of Great Expectations

The BBC’s upcoming adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic novel Great Expectations has strong anti-colonial undertones. Written by the creator of hit TV series Peaky Blinders, Stephen Knight, the celebrated story will feature a new twist. A scene depicts criminal Magwitch, one of the chief characters, describing the British Empire as having been ‘built on the lies of privileged white men’, according to The Telegraph. …

Read More »