The BBC has released the first image of Charlie Heaton as Charles Shelby in the next chapter of Peaky Blinders, written and created by Steven Knight. The series is currently filming in and around Digbeth Loc. Studios in Birmingham.
Charles Shelby, having fought a violent war largely behind enemy lines, is embracing normality. He has not seen his half-brother Duke, played by Jamie Bell, in years, having severed all ties with the Peaky Blinders gang and the hedonistic Shelby lifestyle. The question posed is whether one can ever escape their own blood.
Set a decade after World War Two, the new era depicts the rebuilding of Birmingham as a brutal contest of mythical dimensions, with the city representing both unprecedented opportunity and danger. The cast also includes Jessica Brown Findlay, Lashana Lynch, and Lucy Karczewski in her television debut.
Two new series, each consisting of six hour-long episodes, will premiere on BBC iPlayer and BBC One in the UK, and on Netflix internationally. Production is supported by the West Midlands Combined Authority, with this being the first commission under a new BBC partnership agreement with the WMCA and Create Central.
Since the original series launched in 2013, Peaky Blinders has become a global phenomenon, winning awards including the 2018 BAFTA for Best Drama Series. The feature film, Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man, launched on Netflix and was the streamer's number one film globally for two consecutive weeks.
