He had us glued to our TV screens for six series. And now Tommy Shelby’s silver screen debut is well on the way – with Birmingham taking centre stage.
Parts of the city centre became film sets on Monday for scenes being shot for the upcoming Peaky Blinders movie.
The hugely successful TV show, which ran from 2013 to 2022, starred Oscar winner Cillian Murphy and followed a Birmingham crime gang in the years after World War One.
The show’s creator Steven Knight, from Birmingham, is also at the helm for the film, which will see Murphy reprise his role as Shelby, as confirmed earlier this year.
