Peaky Blinders: BBC gangster series to return for season 6 and 7, confirms creator Steven Knight
Steven Knight also confirmed talks of a ballet version of his hit series
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Your support makes all the difference.Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight has confirmed the show will return for a further two seasons.
In addition to the forthcoming fifth run, which Knight is currently writing, the BBC gangster series starring Cillian Murphy will stay on the channel for even longer than fans expected.
“We are definitely doing [series] six and we will probably do seven,” he told the Birmingham Press Club.
“We've talked to [lead actor] Cillian Murphy and he's all for it, and the rest of the principal cast are in for it.”
Knight also revealed plans to place the Shelby family front and centre of a ballet version of the hit series after being approached by Rambert dance company.
He said: “I had a meeting with Ballet Rambert who want to do Peaky Blinders - The Ballet. I'm saying 'why not?'
“I wasn’t supposed to say anything about it, but I don’t mind talking about things.“
The most recent season of Peaky Blinders ended in December with protagonist Tommy Shelby (Murphy) becoming elected Labour MP for Birmingham.
Production on the next run of episodes begins in Birmingham this Autumn with stars Paul Anderson and Helen McCrory expected to return
Knight has ascertained in the past that he wants the show to end with air raid sirens heralding the start of World War II.
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