BBC Reveals Charlie Heaton as Charles Shelby in 2 New Peaky Blinders Series

11 articles · Updated · BBC.com · May 22

Charlie Heaton appears as Charles Shelby in the BBC’s first-look image for the next Peaky Blinders chapter, which is now filming in and around Digbeth Loc. Studios in Birmingham.
Two six-part series are set a decade after World War Two, following Charles after a violent war and his estrangement from half-brother Duke Shelby, played by Jamie Bell.
Jessica Brown Findlay, Lashana Lynch and TV newcomer Lucy Karczewski also star, while the BBC said character details for those roles will come later.
Banijay UK labels Kudos and Garrison Drama are producing for BBC iPlayer and BBC One in the UK, with Netflix carrying the show internationally.
Peaky Blinders returns as a proven franchise: the original series won the 2018 BAFTA for Best Drama Series, and film spinoff The Immortal Man topped Netflix’s global chart for two weeks.

With Tommy Shelby gone, which of his sons will claim the Peaky Blinders' criminal throne in post-war Birmingham?

How will the series capture the profound social transformation of 1950s Britain beyond the Shelby family drama?

Can a new Shelby generation escape their family's violent past in a city still rebuilding from war's devastation?