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Series four of Peaky Blinders will begin filming in Liverpool again next March, Cillian Murphy has revealed.

The last series of the BBC period gangster drama took four months to film and three months to edit, so if the fourth follows the same timescale the gangster drama could be back on our screens by next Autumn.

Irish star Cillian, who plays Birmingham gang leader Thomas Shelby, revealed shooting details at the premiere of his new film Free Fire.

He said: “We start shooting the next series next March, I think.

“The success of it is down to really great writing.

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"People in America love it, people in Australia love it, people in Poland love it – it’s mad.”

Whilst the action of the show is set on the lawless streets of Birmingham, most of it is filmed in Liverpool.

Series one to three featured locations including Seacombe Ferry Terminal, Croxteth Hall and Stanley Dock.

The gang thriller follows the lives of the Shelby family of Birmingham as they expand their empire across the country during the volatile 1920s.