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Popular TV series Peaky Blinders is set to return to our screens for two more series, it has been confirmed.

Fans are currently waiting for the gangster show’s fifth series to air - and they’ve been given some good news by the man behind the show.

Creator Steven Knight revealed the hit programme will definitely return for a sixth and, “probably”, seventh series.

In an interview with Birmingham Press Club he said: “We are definitely doing [series] six and we will probably do seven. We’ve talked to [lead actor] Cillian Murphy and he’s all for it, and the rest of the principal cast are in for it.”

The promise of two more series will be music to viewers’ ears, after many feared another outing for the Shelby family might not be on the cards.

In a previous interview, with Digital Spy, Mr Knight had said: “Each time, we do six episodes [per series]… and can you sum up the story in six episodes? Or do you need another six? That’s the question.

“If it doesn’t need a season six, I don’t think there’ll be one. But it may need one, because [six episodes is] such a short period of time.”

He also told the Birmingham Mail: “It might be the last, I don’t know, we will see how it goes.

“There is certainly the interest and there’s a ton of life left in Peaky. I don’t want to pull the plug while it’s still vibrant.

“I might do another one and then a film. And yes, we could still do a musical.

“I know the fans hate the idea but I don’t care! I think it would work. Why not?

“Ending it in 1939 would mean a leap forward in time but that could be a fast forward at the end of the last episode.”

Series five is set to air in the Spring of 2019, although a definite date is yet to be confirmed.

In the last episode of series four, which ended in December, Cillian Murphy’s character Thomas Shelby was elected as Labour MP for Birmingham.

(Image: Colin Lane)

The series had been full of twists and turns, especially when Arthur Shelby was “killed” by one of Luca Changretta’s “bad guys”.

But much to fans’ relief it was all a clever ruse by the eldest Shelby brother, who staged his death in order to end the Italian-American’s vendetta against the family.

(Image: James Maloney)

And he later made a shock reappearance and killed Luca by shooting him.

One character who won’t be making a comeback in the next series is Alfie Solomons, played by Tom Hardy.

In the last episode of the BBC show Tommy Shelby shot the gangster after he revealed he was dying of cancer anyway.

Many scenes, including that one, have been filmed in Liverpool and the surrounding area down the years - with Hardy’s departure filmed on Formby Beach.

Filming has also taken place in Toxteth including on Kinmel Street, South Street and Powis Street, which were transformed to suit the programme’s period setting.

Other locations such as the city centre on Rodney Street, Seacombe Ferry Terminal and Bluecoat School in Wavertree have also appeared in the series.