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Steven Knight - the man behind crime drama Peaky Blinders - has revealed exclusive plans for series six of the BBC smash hit.

Acclaimed Knight sent fans into meltdown when he spoke at a Creative England event held in Digbeth today (March 20).

He reportedly dropped huge hints to the packed-out audience about his plans for a sixth series of the Bafta-winning drama.

Series five of the cult hit wrapped filming in January.

But despite the show being Birmingham-based, the majority of filming is carried out in the north of England - with occasional scenes filmed at the Black Country Museum.

The event, held to celebrate the region's creativity, saw Knight reportedly tell fans series six WILL be filmed in Birmingham - and the search for locations has already begun.

He is said to have "vowed" to the audience he "would shoot it here".

The acclaimed Bafta award-winning drama began filming its fifth series in Manchester in September, before moving to film in Stoke-on-Trent in November.

Peaky Blinders has become a cult hit since the first series aired in 2013.

The creator of the Birmingham-based show revealed in November that the Shelby family will take on a Glasgow crime boss in series five.

Steven Knight says old favourites - Tommy, Aunt Polly, Arthur - will take on a Glasgow gang boss based on the head of the Billy Boys.

Steven said: “We have someone playing a fictionalised version of a real Glasgow character who was around in east Glasgow, Billy Fullerton.

"The man who ran the Billy Boys. Truth be told the Glasgow gangs were pretty much the most feared so I thought it was time we went north of the border. It's due to be aired in late spring. It’ll be the best yet.”

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Hunger Games star Sam Claflin will be joining the series as a dapper politician, who may come into conflict with Tommy.

The Witch star Anya Taylor-Joy will also be joining as a feisty new gangster's moll.

Snow White and the Huntsman's Brian Gleeson is also added to the cast, along with Kill List's Neil Maskell, and Game of Thrones star Kate Dickie.

Others to look out for are Hollyoaks star Emmett J Scanlan, Lady Macbeth's Cosmo Jarvis, Charlene McKenna, Andrew Koji, Elliot Cowan and Vikings' Daryl McCormack.

Little is known about the plot for the new series, apart from the fact that it will explore the financial crisis of 1929, along with Tommy's new role as the MP for Birmingham South and how he navigates the political sphere, specifically his relationship with Sam Claflin's character.