The show is repped internationally by Endemol Shine International, has sold in 163 countries and airs on Netflix in the U.S. The fourth season will be directed by David Caffrey ( Line Of Duty) and produced by Joe Donaldson ( Ripper Street).

It's not unusual for the two to beat each. A clip released for 'Peaky Blinders' season 4 suggested that Alfie and Tommy Shelby (Cillian Murphy) could once again square off. A new teaser hints that the Shelby brother's frenemy might finally die in the upcoming season. Peaky is a Caryn Mandabach and Tiger Aspect Drama production for BBC Two, executive produced by Knight, Mandabach, Will Gould, Jamie Glazebrook, Frith Tiplady, Murphy and, for the BBC, Stephen Wright. Tom Hardy's Alfie Solomons might be a real goner in 'Peaky Blinders' season 4. For their part, Hardy and Murphy next reteam on screen in Christopher Nolan’s WWII epic Dunkirk which releases this summer. Knight is coming off of the successful first season of the 1814-set FX/BBC drama Taboo, which also stars Hardy and which was recently renewed for a second run. The Pianist Oscar winner is next up in the Paul Solet-directed Unchained with John Malkovich and Antonio Banderas. I cannot wait to see him in action alongside the rest of Peaky Blinders‘ superb cast bringing Steven Knight’s extraordinary writing to life on BBC Two.” Of Brody’s casting, BBC Drama Controller Piers Wenger said he is “a world class actor famous for producing mesmerizing performances. And I’m loving it and it’s not like work, it’s not like a labor, I love doing it, and the boys are coming back and they’re loving the scripts.” Knight recently told my colleague Dominic Patten that he thinks Season 4 “is the best yet.

The storyline didn’t end well for members of the family, as Tommy appeared to betray them all in the season finale at what Knight has told me was the character’s “ most nihilistic.” Last season built on the Shelby family having ascended into high-society from its humble beginnings in Small Heath, and the personal issues that presented - along with being pulled into an international arms deal, encountering a group of White Russians with cursed jewels, political upheaval and a truly evil priest. As the enemy closes in, he flees his country house and returns to the streets of Small Heath, Birmingham where a desperate fight for survival begins. Season 4 will kick off when Tommy receives a mysterious letter on Christmas Eve and realizes the Peaky Blinders are in danger of annihilation.

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