Peaky Blinders Cast: Jamie Bell And Charlie Heaton To Lead New Series

The new Peaky Blinders series is picking up momentum as an array of exciting names have been announced to pick up the baton from Cillian Murphy and co.

So far, 2026 has been a strong year for Peaky Blinders fans, after the show’s spin-off film, The Immortal Man, landed in cinemas and on Netflix to a warm reception from fans and critics alike, four years after we last saw Tommy Shelby on our screens.

Last year, it was revealed that Peaky Blinders would be returning for two brand new series, introducing a “new generation of Shelbys”.

Now, it has been confirmed that Rocketman and Billy Elliot star Jamie Bell will lead the new cast, playing Tommy Shelby’s eldest son Duke.

This marks the third iteration of the character, with Duke most recently being played by Barry Keoghan in The Immortal Man, while Bafta Rising Star winner Conrad Khan portrayed Tommy’s eldest son in the TV series.

The BBC has said that Duke will be at the “blood-soaked heart” of the new Peaky Blinders series, adding that he’s “older, wiser, more ambitious, and most certainly more dangerous” in his latest outing at the centre of the drama.

Stranger Things star Charlie Heaton will also be joining the line-up in a lead role, along with James Bond star Lashana Lynch, Downton Abbey’s Jessica Brown Findlay and newcomer Lucy Karczewski.

So far, their exact characters and role in the new storyline are being kept under wraps.

The new era of Peaky Blinders will take place 10 years after the events of the film, and will drop us in post-war Birmingham in the 1950s for two series, with the “race to rebuild” the city offering up new opportunity and danger for the next generation of the Shelby family.

While Cillian won’t be returning, Peaky Blinders creator and writer Steven Knight is behind the wheel again, promising: “There are more exciting cast announcements to come, and Peaky is on the road again.”

Filming on the new series has already started in Birmingham, although we don’t have an exact release date just yet.

We do know, though, that the two new series will both contain six 60-minute episodes, and will premiere on BBC iPlayer and BBC One in the UK and on Netflix globally.

Peaky Blinders previously aired for six series between 2013 and 2022, with the historical gangster drama picking up a Bafta for Best Drama Series in 2018.