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15:29 GMT 16:29 UK TV role for pop singer's brother Alfie Allen
Allen is the son of actor Keith Allen and producer Alison Owen
Alfie Allen, brother of pop star Lily and son of actor Keith,
has landed a role in Casualty's 1900s spin-off.  The 20-year-old
Londoner will play an East End gang member in Casualty 1907 - a
three-part series following on from last December's pilot,
Casualty 1906.  Cherie Lunghi and Sarah Smart will reprise their
roles as nurses dealing with medical crises in London's East End
one hundred years ago.  The BBC One programme, to be filmed in
Liverpool, will be shown in the autumn.  Each episode uses
actual case notes, ward reports, autopsy records and diaries
from the archives of the Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel.
Allen - son of film producer Alison Owen - will also be seen
shortly opposite Keira Knightley in Atonement, the film version
of the Ian McEwan nov