The BBC has announced new casting for the upcoming continuation of Peaky Blinders, set a decade after World War Two in Birmingham. The series, currently filming in and around Digbeth Loc. Studios, depicts a brutal race to rebuild the city, filled with mythical stakes and unprecedented opportunity.
Jamie Bell will play Duke Shelby, while Charlie Heaton takes on the role of Charles Shelby. The two characters find themselves navigating a city of both promise and peril, with Duke leading the Peaky Blinders gang.
The new cast includes Samuel Bottomley as Eliot, Arturo Muselli as Angelo, Eugene Collins as Frank, and Lucie Shorthouse as Kezia Lee. Returning actors Ned Dennehy and Packy Lee reprise their roles as Charlie Strong and Johnny Dogs. Conleth Hill joins as Clemmy Keeler, patriarch of a rival gangster family, with Cal O’Driscoll as Aidan Keeler and Daniel Monks as Detective Inspector Bell.
Previously announced cast members Jessica Brown Findlay, Lashana Lynch, and Lucy Karczewski will also appear, with their roles to be revealed later. Creator Steven Knight writes the series, directed by Mike Barker and Anna Zackrisson, with Tim Whitby producing. Production is supported by the West Midlands Combined Authority under a new BBC partnership agreement.
The original Peaky Blinders, which launched in 2013, became a global phenomenon and won a BAFTA for Best Drama Series in 2018. The new two-series run, each comprising six 60-minute episodes, will premiere on BBC iPlayer and BBC One in the UK and on Netflix internationally.
