- Stranger Things actor Charlie Heaton has been pictured in character for the upcoming Peaky Blinders spin-off series, which will explore the Shelby family's journey through 1950s Birmingham.
- Heaton portrays Charles Shelby, a character returning from war who has reportedly severed all ties with the violent Shelby gang and their hedonistic lifestyle.
- The new series is set a decade after the film Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man and will also feature Jamie Bell as Tommy Shelby's eldest son, Duke, alongside Lashana Lynch and Jessica Brown Findlay.
- The show, commissioned for two series of six hour-long episodes, is scheduled to premiere on BBC iPlayer and BBC One in the UK, and on Netflix across the rest of the world.
- Steven Knight, the creator and writer of Peaky Blinders, expressed his excitement for this “new era” of the franchise, moving the story to “post-war Birmingham.”
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