First Look At Stranger Things’ Charlie Heaton In New Peaky Blinders Revival

We’re still a long way off Peaky Blinders’ return to our screen, but the BBC has thrown fans a morsel to tide them over for the time being.

Last year, creator Steven Knight announced that two more seasons of Peaky Blinders were in the works, focussing on the next generation of the central crew, with Jamie Bell and Stranger Things’ Charlie Heaton later revealed to be joining the cast.

Jamie will play Tommy Shelby’s son Duke, last portrayed by Barry Keoghan in the spin-off movie The Immortal Man, while Charlie is set to portray his half-brother Charles.

On Friday afternoon, Peaky Blinders fans were given a first look at this new character, described in a press release as someone who is “now embracing normality” after fighting “a violent war, much of it behind enemy lines”.

“He hasn’t seen his half-brother Duke – played by Jamie Bell – in years,” the BBC teased.

“Charles severed all ties to the Peaky Blinders gang, and the hedonistic Shelby lifestyle. But can you ever escape your own blood?”

An official synopsis for the BBC and Netflix co-production teased in October 2025: “Britain, 1953. After being heavily bombed in WWII, Birmingham is building a better future out of concrete and steel.

“In a new era of Steven Knight’s Peaky Blinders, the race to own Birmingham’s massive reconstruction project becomes a brutal contest of mythical dimensions.

“This is a city of unprecedented opportunity and danger: with the Shelby family right at its blood-soaked heart.”

As well as series leads Jamie and Charlie, the new iteration of Peaky Blinders will feature appearances from James Bond star Lashana Lynch and Downton Abbey’s Jessica Brown Findlay.

Steven Knight previously claimed: “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.”

Production on the new season is currently underway in Birmingham.