Steven Knight says the next Peaky Blinders series is moving quickly toward the finish line, with filming already under way and the project expected to be in the can within weeks. He made the comments during a BAFTA interview on May 11, 2026, saying, “We’re filming the next series at the moment that is going really well,” and adding, “We will have it in the can in about, well, in a few weeks.”

Knight also said he expects viewers to be “pleasantly surprised” by how the series has turned out, a sign that the long-awaited follow-up is close to a major production milestone. The sequel was officially announced in October 2025 and began filming in March 2026, with Netflix and One producing the drama through Kudos and Garrison Drama.

The new series keeps the story in Birmingham but moves it into the 1950s, in post-war Britain, where a new generation of Shelby family members takes center stage. Jamie Bell leads the cast as Duke Shelby, Tommy Shelby’s oldest son, alongside Charlie Heaton, Jessica Brown Findlay, Lashana Lynch and Lucy Karczewski. Cillian Murphy remains connected to the franchise as an executive producer, extending his role in a story that has not moved away from the world he helped define.

That continuity matters because the original Peaky Blinders ended after six seasons in 2022, and this sequel is being built as a direct continuation rather than a reinvention. The new run will span two six-episode seasons, following the Netflix film Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man, which is already streaming. Knight has said the project remains rooted in Birmingham even as the city changes around the Shelby family, and that is the real promise here: not a reboot, but a return to the same streets with a different generation carrying the name.