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Jamie Bell and Charlie Heaton are among the stars leading the cast of the new Peaky Blinders spin-off, it has been announced.
The new sequel series will follow on from the award-winning TV series, which ended in 2022 and starred Cillian Murphy as ruthless gangster Tommy Shelby, the leader of the Peaky Blinders.
Award-winning actor Bell will take the reins as Duke “Erasmus” Shelby, the new leader of the violent crime gang, as the story picks up 10 years after the events of the new film, The Immortal Man.
Set in Birmingham in the 1950s, the new series will explore the aftermath of the Second World War on the city as it follows the “older, wiser, more ambitious and more dangerous” Duke.
Stranger Things star Heaton will also be joining the cast of the new series, as well as Downton Abbey actress Jessica Brown Findlay and The Day Of The Jackal star Lashana Lynch.
Actress Lucy Karczewski is also among the additions to the cast and will be making her television debut in the series.
Steven Knight, the creator and writer of Peaky Blinders, said: “I am thrilled that we are announcing a new era of Peaky Blinders, moving the story to post-war Birmingham in the early 50s.
“We are incredibly fortunate to have Jamie Bell taking the role of Tommy Shelby’s oldest son, Duke, and to have Charlie Heaton also leading the cast.
“There are more exciting cast announcements to come, and Peaky is on the road again.”
The announcement comes just weeks after the release of Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man, a spin-off film from the hit series in which Murphy reprised his role as ruthless gangster Shelby.
The TV series following Birmingham-based crime family the Shelbys was first launched on the BBC in 2013, and has since become a globally successful franchise.
The new show has been commissioned for two series, each with six 60-minute-long episodes, and it will be available to watch on BBC iPlayer, BBC One and Netflix.
Further details are yet to be announced.
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