Peaky Blinders Season 7: New Shelby Generation Headed to 1953 Birmingham
peaky blinders season 7 will move the Shelby story into 1953 Birmingham as creator Steven Knight shifts the crime saga into the city’s postwar rebuild. The announcement covers two new series to be filmed at Digbeth Loc. Studios and produced by Kudos and Garrison Drama, with UK broadcast slated for iPlayer and One and international delivery on Netflix. The West Midlands Combined Authority is supporting production as the first commission under a new partnership with the broadcaster and Create Central to boost regional production investment.
Peaky Blinders Season 7 — Production, partners and where to watch
The core facts are straightforward: two new series will be made by Kudos (known for SAS Rogue Heroes and related drama) alongside Garrison Drama (the team behind the original six-series run and the Peaky Blinders film). Filming will take place at Digbeth Loc. Studios in Birmingham. In the UK, the show will be available on iPlayer and One; viewers outside the UK will see the series on Netflix. Broadcast dates have not been released and will follow in due course.
Set in Britain in 1953, the new era places the Shelbys at the center of a fierce race to control Birmingham’s postwar reconstruction—described in the creative brief as a contest that turns the city’s rebuilding into both opportunity and danger, with the Shelby family at its “blood-soaked heart. ”
What Steven Knight and collaborators say
Writer and creator of Peaky Blinders, Steven Knight, has driven the series’ timeline and themes across multiple formats. On closing and expanding the story he has reflected on story shape and family stakes, noting the series’ movement through eras of British history. — Steven Knight, writer and creator of Peaky Blinders
Production partners include the West Midlands Combined Authority and Create Central in a new agreement intended to expand and partner investment in the region. The collaboration marks the authority’s first commission under that deal, signaling a regional push to host large-scale drama production in the West Midlands.
Immediate reaction, returning names and franchise context
Producers and creative leads underline continuity with the franchise: Garrison Drama, which worked on Peaky Blinders series 1–6 and the feature film, joins Kudos for the new run. The broader franchise continues to connect to previous work—the six earlier series remain available on iPlayer along with extra interviews, behind-the-scenes material and a companion podcast that revisits the show’s history.
The wider Peaky Blinders story has also moved into film with The Immortal Man, a project that has shaped the narrative arc and closed certain chapters while leaving room for new generations and settings to expand the fictional world. That continuity underpins the decision to place the new series in the early 1950s city rebuilding moment.
What’s next — timetable, casting and audience expectations
Broadcasters will release specific broadcast and casting details in due course; production is now organized around the two new series at Digbeth Loc. Studios. The announcement frames the new episodes as both a continuation and a reset: continuing the Shelby saga’s thematic throughline while resetting the family at the center of a different historical battle for control of Birmingham’s reconstruction. Fans and regional stakeholders should expect further production updates and broadcast scheduling to follow.
peaky blinders season 7 represents a deliberate creative restart and a major regional production commitment that stitches the franchise’s past into a new midcentury chapter.
