I'm not suggesting that ours [series] is unique in that, but they can begin to have that depth, that gravity, they can spend some time, so it's a bit more like reading a good novel, if you like.

It's such a gift when you know who you're writing for and you know that that actor is capable of so much that you can relax a bit.

I think it creates so many more opportunities and pitfalls in that you are treading on fresh snow, so you're in a new place.

[Allied] meant to be a film that's a bit different. It's roots are in the '40s and '50s, and that sort of filmmaking style.

Obviously, television is a writer's medium, so you get a lot more power and authority. With a film, the discipline is having a beginning, middle and end, and having it work in a specific space of time.

No screenplay is possible, unless you get some attachment from somebody who's going to get it made.

Snoop [Dog] said [Peaky Blinders] reminded him of how he got involved with gang culture. It's always fantastically flattering when I see people dress like that and take on the look.