Peaky Blinders sequel series, explained — the setting, the cast, and where Tommy fits
Peaky Blinders isn't finished — it's regenerating. Announced on 2 October 2025, the sequel series hands the story to a new generation of Shelbys, and here's everything confirmed so far.
The essentials: two seasons of six hour-long episodes, written and created by Steven Knight, set in Birmingham in 1953, led by Jamie Bell as Duke Shelby. It filmed at Digbeth Loc. Studios from March 2026 and airs on BBC One in the UK and Netflix internationally.
No release date yet.
The setting: Birmingham, 1953
The sequel picks up after the events of the film Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man, which moved the story to the Blitz of 1940. A decade on, Birmingham has been bombed flat and is rebuilding itself in concrete and steel — and the race to own that reconstruction becomes, in the official synopsis, a vicious contest with the Shelby family at its heart. Knight described it in the October 2025 announcement as the story of
"a city rising from the ashes of the Birmingham blitz." — Steven Knight, October 2025
Same city, same blood, new century of trouble.
The cast
The next generation is stacked, with a couple of familiar faces to anchor it:
- Jamie Bell — Duke Shelby, Tommy's eldest son and heir apparent (played by Conrad Khan in the series and Barry Keoghan in the film). Older, more ambitious, more dangerous.
- Charlie Heaton — Charles Shelby, Tommy's youngest son, who fought behind enemy lines in the war and came home determined to leave the Peaky Blinders behind entirely.
- Conleth Hill — Clemmy Keeler, patriarch of the rival Keeler family, competing for control of the rebuild, with Cal O'Driscoll as his son Aidan.
- Jessica Brown Findlay, Lashana Lynch, and Lucy Karczewski — the first-announced trio, with Karczewski making her television debut.
- Daniel Monks — Detective Inspector Bell, plus Samuel Bottomley, Arturo Muselli, Eugene Collins, and Lucie Shorthouse.
- Ned Dennehy and Packy Lee — returning as Charlie Strong and Johnny Dogs, the connective tissue back to the original.
Where Tommy fits
Cillian Murphy is on board — but as an executive producer, not a confirmed cast member. The Immortal Man was billed as the conclusion of Tommy Shelby's own story, and the sequel deliberately shifts the weight onto his sons: Duke running the gang, Charles trying to escape it, and the question of whether Shelby blood ever really lets go. Whether Tommy appears at all is one of the things Knight is keeping quiet.
When can you watch it?
Filming was nearly complete as of May 2026, per Knight's comments at the BAFTA TV Awards, which points towards a likely 2027 premiere — nothing official yet. In the meantime, all six seasons of the original (2013–2022) and The Immortal Man are streaming on Netflix.
For the record: the film pulled 25.3 million Netflix views in its first three days. The appetite for more Shelby is not in doubt.