THE BATTLE FOR BIRMINGHAM CONTINUES

NEW "PEAKY BLINDERS" CAST REVEALED

· Today, Netflix and BBC announced Conleth Hill (Game of Thrones), Daniel Monks (All Her Fault), Samuel Bottomley (California Schemin'), Arturo Muselli (Gomorrah), Eugene Collins (The Bay), Lucie Shorthouse (We Are Lady Parts), and Cal O'Driscoll (Video Nasty) have joined the Peaky Blinders cast. Ned Dennehy and Packy Lee are also set to reprise their roles from the series and film. Mike Barker (The Testaments) and Anna Zackrisson (Detective Hole) will direct, with Tim Whitby (This Town) producing.

· Conleth Hill joins as Clemmy Keeler, the fierce patriarch of the Keeler family who rivals the Peaky Blinders' ambitions to rebuild Birmingham. Cal O'Driscoll (Vikings: Valhalla) is Clemmy's son, Aidan Keeler, and Daniel Monks (A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms) plays Detective Inspector Bell.

· In this new era of Peaky Blinders, set a decade after World War Two, the race to rebuild Birmingham becomes a brutal contest of mythical dimensions. Duke (Jamie Bell) and Charles Shelby (Charlie Heaton) find themselves in a city of unprecedented opportunity and jeopardy. At the blood-soaked heart of the city are Duke Shelby's Peaky Blinders: Eliot (Samuel Bottomley), Angelo (Arturo Muselli), Frank (Eugene Collins), and Kezia Lee (Lucie Shorthouse), with Ned Dennehy and Packy Lee both reprising their roles as Charlie Strong and Johnny Dogs.

· The newly announced cast joins the previously announced Jessica Brown Findlay (Silo, The Flatshare), Lashana Lynch (The Day of the Jackal, No Time to Die), and Lucy Karczewski (Stereophonic).

· Steven Knight is the creator and writer of Peaky Blinders, whilst the series is directed by Mike Barker (The Testaments) and Anna Zackrisson (Detective Hole). Tim Whitby (This Town) serves as producer.

· The series is currently filming in and around Digbeth Loc. Studios in Birmingham, and is produced by Banijay UK companies Kudos (SAS Rogue Heroes, House of Guinness) and Garrison Drama (Peaky Blinders series 1-6, Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man).

· In the years since the original series launched on the BBC in 2013, Peaky Blinders has become a global phenomenon, winning fans across the world and countless awards, including the 2018 BAFTA for Best Drama Series.

· The previously announced Peaky Blinders series will debut on Netflix in the US and the ex-UK. The series is available on BBC One and BBC iPlayer in the UK.