Overview
- The new series, which Netflix and the BBC unveiled with a first-look image on Thursday, has begun filming in and around Digbeth Loc. Studios in Birmingham with an order for two six-episode seasons.
- Jamie Bell takes over as Duke Shelby, a role last played by Barry Keoghan in the recent film and introduced on TV by Conrad Khan, reflecting the story’s time jump into the next decade.
- Charlie Heaton is confirmed as a co-lead, with Jessica Brown Findlay, Lashana Lynch and Lucy Karczewski also joining the cast, though their roles remain under wraps.
- Series creator Steven Knight is writing the sequel, which is produced by Banijay UK’s Kudos and Garrison Drama for BBC One and BBC iPlayer in the UK and for Netflix worldwide, with Cillian Murphy attached as a producer.
- Set a decade after the film, the story moves to post‑war Birmingham during a fierce push to rebuild the city, and no release date has been announced.