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Fans of the epic British crime series Peaky Blinders are rejoicing this week, after the BBC revealed that they expect the 6th season of the programme to hit screens by early 2021.

Peaky Blinders is arguably the greatest product of the British gangster genre of all time. Set in Birmingham in the year after the end of the First World War, The series centres on the Peaky Blinders gang and their ambitious and highly cunning boss Tommy Shelby, a veteran of the Somme.

The TV show is so popular that it has entered the ‘cosplay’ realm of TV and film programs. Similar to Star Wars and the the Marvel franchises, Peaky Blinders is now at the subject of dress-up festivals and video games – there’s also talks of an official film and various spin-offs.

With season five finishing on a typically epic finale, fans are now speculating as to what plot lines will develop in the 6th.

Starting in 1919, the series timeline is now verging towards the 1930s, leaving many to suggest that season may see the introduction of Al Capone on the Chicago Outfit as part of international criminal conspiracy.

However, the BBC has today confirmed that most of the filming thus far has revolved around long shots of well-dressed entourages of pommy gangsters walking through working class Birmingham in slow mode.

“This season we have decided to focus on the walking shots” said a spokesperson for the BBC today.

Production on season 6 reportedly begun late last year, with a special focus on the heavy Nick Cave riffs that play during these epic slow mode walking shots.

“We’ve had to order thousands of packets of unfiltered old-timer cigarettes” said the spokesperson.

“Everyone knows you can’t have a slow mode walking shot unless everyone is smoking”

BBC have also confirmed that to 40% of production budget has been spent on tailored suits and on-site hairdressers.

“Our fans seem to love the costuming more than anything else”

“From Bondi to Belfast, every single British kid under 30 has a Tommy Shelby haircut”