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Cillian Murphy has received global acclaim for his performance in the title role of Christopher Nolan\u2019s epic film Oppenheimer. He has been nominated for an Oscar, which follows the best actor award he picked up at this year\u2019s Golden Globes. On the small screen he played the Birmingham gangster Thomas Shelby for a decade in the BAFTA-winning Peaky Blinders, which made him a household name.

Cillian was born in Cork in 1976 and initially music was his creative outlet. His band Sons of Mr Green Genes, which he formed with his younger brother, was offered a five album record deal, but the boys\u2019 parents thought his brother was too young and vetoed a career in music.

Cillian changed tack and in 1996 was cast as Pig in Enda Walsh\u2019s play Disco Pigs, reprising the role in a film version in 2001. His breakthrough film role came playing Jim the bicycle courier in Danny Boyle\u2019s 28 Days Later in 2002 which he followed up with a starring role in Ken Loach\u2019s the Wind that Shakes the Barley. \n \nIn 2005 he played Dr Jonathan Crane - Scarecrow - in Christopher Nolan\u2019s film Batman Begins, which was the start of their continuing creative collaboration.

Cillian lives in Ireland with his wife, the artist Yvonne McGuinness, and their two sons.

DISC ONE: The Boy in the Bubble - Paul Simon \nDISC TWO: The Wandering Minstrel - S\xe9amus Ennis \nDISC THREE: Walter\u2019s Trip - The Frank and Walters \nDISC FOUR: Bullet the Blue Sky - U2\nDISC FIVE: Somebody to Love - Queen\nDISC SIX: Everything in its Right Place - Radiohead\nDISC SEVEN: We Can Work it Out - The Beatles \nDISC EIGHT: If I Was A Painter - Lisa O\u2019Neill

BOOK CHOICE: Samuel Beckett: The Complete Dramatic Works \nLUXURY ITEM: An acoustic guitar and strings \nCASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: We Can Work it Out - The Beatles

Presenter Lauren Laverne\nProducer Paula McGinley