Jamie Bell takes the lead in BBC, Netflix’s new Peaky Blinders series

FIRST LOOK: Here’s Jamie Bell in character as Duke Shelby, who leads the new Peaky Blinders series coming soon to the BBC and Netflix.

Already commissioned for two seasons, Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight is set to introduce the next generation of the Shelby family in a show set in the 1950s. Bell plays Duke Shelby in a story set 10 years after the events of recent feature film sequel Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man.

A decade after World War Two, the race to rebuild Birmingham becomes a brutal contest of mythical dimensions. This is a city of unprecedented opportunity and jeopardy. At its blood-soaked heart is Duke Shelby (Bell): older, wiser, more ambitious, and most certainly more dangerous.

The cast will also include Charlie Heaton, Jessica Brown Findlay, Lashana Lynch and Lucy Karczewski.

Produced by Kudos (SAS Rogue Heroes, House of Guinness) and Garrison Drama (Peaky Blinders) for the BBC and Netflix, the new series is being filmed in and around Digbeth Loc Studios in Birmingham.

The new series will premiere on BBC iPlayer and BBC One in the UK and on Netflix globally.

Production is supported by the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) and is the first commission following the new BBC partnership agreement with the WMCA and Create Central to expand BBC and partner production investment in the West Midlands.

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