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Gabriel Byrne to star in Channel 4’s Coup

Published Tuesday 24 January 2012 at 14:31 by Matthew Hemley

Gabriel Byrne has been cast in Channel 4’s new four-part drama series Coup.

Byrne, best known for films such as The Usual Suspects, will play politician Tom Dawkins in the drama, which is based on the book A Very British Coup by Chris Mullin.

Coup has been written by Robert Jones. It will go into production next month for transmission later this year.

The drama is a co-production between Company Pictures and Newscope Films.

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