BBC, Netflix line up ‘Peaky Blinders’ sequel series to be filmed in Birmingham

Epics from the era of Stephen Knight Peaky blinds He is back on the BBC and Netflix with a new generation of Shelbys living in post-war Birmingham.

PSB and Streamer co-delegated double series orders for high-end dramas, driving action from Series 7 to 1953.

After World War II, Birmingham has built its future from concrete and steel after being badly bombed during the conflict. It has launched a race to own a massive city reconstruction project, centering on a brutal contest with the Shelby family.

Creator Night writes the follow-up series in the original hit drama, with the two series being produced by Banijay Labelkudos. Guinness Houseand Garrison drama, previously known as the Carin Mandabach Production, produced the first six series. Peaky blinds -Alongside the side of Banijay Sibling Tiger – and upcoming movies The immortal man.

In April, it was revealed that Knight is showing its seventh series Peaky blinds It was closer to the green light, but this time it followed a post-shelf gang iteration.

Both series are 6 x 60 minutes and are filmed on Digbeth Loc. Knights, a studio in Birmingham, helped establish it. He will be produced by Kudos chiefs Karen Wilson and Martin Haynes along with original star Chilean Murphy, while Jamie Glazebrook will take on the same mission for Garrison’s drama Joe McClellan and Daniel Scott Horton, Mona Poppy and Toby Bentley.

Production of two new series Peaky blinds Supported by the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA), it will create the first committee following the new BBC partnership agreement with the WMCA, as well as the Central Central to expand the production investments of West Midlands’ BBC and partners.

Lindsay Salt, director of BBC dramas, said: “This game-changing show had a huge impact when it first came to the screen 12 years ago. It’s one of the BBC’s most beloved dramas. Stephen again casts a spell.

Knight has promised that the new generation of Shelby will “take the wheels and it will be hell of riding,” but Bannijay UK CEO Patrick Holland said Peaky Blind is “one of the most iconic and era-defining dramas of our time.”

West Midlands mayor Richard Parker said the production will bring employment opportunities for locals in Birmingham, adding that it is “this kind of support from the biggest name of entertainment that transforms the West Midlands into UK creative capital.”

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