Overview
- Netflix and the BBC announced Thursday that Jamie Bell will play Duke Shelby in the two‑season sequel, with a first‑look image revealing his take on Tommy Shelby’s eldest son.
- Stranger Things alum Charlie Heaton joins the lead ensemble alongside Jessica Brown Findlay, Lashana Lynch, and Lucy Karczewski, with Lynch photographed on set Wednesday in the U.K.
- Filming is underway in and around Digbeth Loc. Studios in Birmingham after early March shoots in Stoke‑on‑Trent under the working title Peaky 1954.
- The project spans two six‑episode runs and will debut on BBC One and BBC iPlayer in the U.K., with Netflix handling global release, and no premiere date announced.
- An official logline sets the series a decade after World War II, framing Birmingham’s rebuilding as a fierce power struggle with Duke at its center.