The two new series revisit the Shelbys in a 1953, post-war Birmingham, and will film at Digbeth Loc. Studios

Cillian Murphy and Steven Knight are among the exec producers of two new Peaky Blinders series, set to film at Digbeth Loc. Studios in Birmingham, where the feature spin-off The Immortal Man was filmed last year.

The sequels, each comprising 6 x 60 and for delivery to BBC One and Netflix, pick up the Shelby family tale in 1953, in a Birmingham under massive reconstruction following the heavy bombing of WWII.

The race to own the city’s huge rebuilding project becomes a brutal contest of mythical dimensions as vast opportunities go hand-in-hand with danger.

The two new runs – Series 7 and 8 of the Peaky Blinders canon – are produced by Kudos and Garrison Drama (formerly Caryn Mandabach Productions) for BBC One in the UK and for Netflix globally.

Knight is the series writer and creator. The executive producers are Knight, Murphy, Karen Wilson and Martin Haines for Kudos, Jamie Glazebrook for Garrison Drama, Jo McClellan and Danielle Scott Haughton for the BBC and Mona Qureshi and Toby Bentley for Netflix.

Production for the two new series of Peaky Blinders is supported by the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) and is the first commission following the new BBC partnership agreement with the WMCA and Create Central to expand BBC and partner production investment in the West Midlands.

Knight said of the double commission: “I’m thrilled to be announcing this new chapter in the Peaky Blinders story. Once again it will be rooted in Birmingham and will tell the story of a city rising from the ashes of the Birmingham blitz. The new generation of Shelbys have taken the wheel and it will be a hell of a ride.”

Richard Parker, mayor of the West Midlands, says: “Peaky Blinders is a worldwide phenomenon that’s boosted our tourism and global reach. We’re proud to be working with the team bringing the production back to the Shelbys’ home of Birmingham and job opportunities will follow for local people to become part of this story.

“It’s this sort of backing from some of the biggest names in entertainment that will turn the West Midlands into the creative capital of the UK.”