{"id":57332,"date":"2025-10-03T01:10:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T01:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/57332\/"},"modified":"2025-10-03T01:10:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T01:10:08","slug":"peaky-blinders-returns-to-bbc-for-further-two-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/57332\/","title":{"rendered":"PEAKY BLINDERS RETURNS TO BBC FOR FURTHER TWO SERIES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"fxTZ7 fvFfv m-bYL xFml2\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-m9vkc2727\">Much-loved series Peaky Blinders will return with a bang to the BBC and Netflix, telling the story of a new generation of Shelbys, from writer and creator Steven Knight.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/d56877_89ca3201daba4fb5b610c700e618ab77~mv2.jpg\" alt=\"ree\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;object-position:50% 50%;max-width:100%\" data-pin-url=\"https:\/\/www.tvzoneuk.com\/post\/peakyblinders-returnannouncement\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/static.wixstatic.com\/media\/d56877_89ca3201daba4fb5b610c700e618ab77~mv2.jpg\/v1\/fill\/w_1888,h_1062,al_c,q_90\/d56877_89ca3201daba4fb5b610c700e618ab77~mv2.jpg\" draggable=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"fxTZ7 fvFfv m-bYL xFml2\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-wopif2729\">The two new series, produced by Kudos (SAS Rogue Heroes, House of Guinness, Grantchester) and Garrison Drama (Peaky Blinders series 1-6, the Peaky Blinders film) for BBC iPlayer and BBC One, will be filmed at Digbeth Loc. Studios in Birmingham, and will be set in the city.<\/p>\n<p class=\"fxTZ7 fvFfv m-bYL xFml2\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-jxlp92731\">Britain, 1953. After being heavily bombed in WWII, Birmingham is building a better future out of concrete and steel. In a new era of Steven Knight\u2019s Peaky Blinders, the race to own Birmingham\u2019s massive reconstruction project becomes a brutal contest of mythical dimensions. This is a city of unprecedented opportunity and danger: with the Shelby family right at its blood-soaked heart.<\/p>\n<p class=\"fxTZ7 fvFfv m-bYL xFml2\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-twpd52733\">Peaky Blinders Creator and Writer Steven Knight, says: \u201cI\u2019m thrilled to be announcing this new chapter in the Peaky Blinders story. Once again it will be rooted in Birmingham and will tell the story of a city rising from the ashes of the Birmingham blitz. The new generation of Shelbys have taken the wheel and it will be a hell of a ride.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"fxTZ7 fvFfv m-bYL xFml2\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-pb9hn2735\">Lindsay Salt, Director of BBC Drama, says: \u201cThis game-changing show made a huge impact when it first came to our screens 12 years ago and it is one of the BBC\u2019s most-loved dramas. Steven has worked his magic once again and I can\u2019t wait for his scripts to be brought to life when filming begins in Birmingham. We are delighted to be working with Kudos, Garrison Drama and Netflix on this epic show. There\u2019s plenty of drama for Peaky fans to look forward to!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"fxTZ7 fvFfv m-bYL xFml2\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-jdyu32737\">Mona Qureshi for Netflix says: \u201cWe couldn\u2019t be more excited to be embarking on a new chapter of Peaky Blinders with our wonderful partners at Kudos, Garrison Drama and the BBC. There are few modern storytellers to match Steven Knight and we will be on the edge of our seats as he returns to the streets of Birmingham and to the next generation of the Shelby family. Along with our global audience, we are ready to be captivated anew!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"fxTZ7 fvFfv m-bYL xFml2\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-a1m1i2739\">Patrick Holland, CEO, Banijay UK says: \u201cPeaky Blinders is one of the most iconic, era- defining dramas of our time and Banijay UK is delighted to be helping to bring Steven Knight\u2019s vision for the epic next chapters to life. Made by a brilliant new production partnership, led by Karen Wilson at Kudos, with Jamie Glazebrook from Garrison Drama, the story of the next generation of Shelbys will grip Peaky fans old and new.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"fxTZ7 fvFfv m-bYL xFml2\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-o8lae2741\">Richard Parker, Mayor of the West Midlands, says: \u201cPeaky Blinders is a worldwide phenomenon that\u2019s boosted our tourism and global reach. We&#8217;re proud to be working with the team bringing the production back to the Shelbys\u2019 home of Birmingham and job opportunities will follow for local people to become part of this story. It\u2019s this sort of backing from some of the biggest names in entertainment that will turn the West Midlands into the creative capital of the UK.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"fxTZ7 fvFfv m-bYL xFml2\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-dyqwg2743\">The two new series, both 6 x 60, are Kudos and Garrison Drama productions for BBC iPlayer and BBC One in the UK and for Netflix globally.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Much-loved series Peaky Blinders will return with a bang to the BBC and Netflix, telling the story of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":57333,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[156,111,139,69,437],"class_list":{"0":"post-57332","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-new-zealand","10":"tag-newzealand","11":"tag-nz","12":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57332"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57332\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}