PEAKY BLINDERS COULD BE SET TO RETURN FOR BRAND NEW SERIES ON BBC ONE

Peaky Blinders could be set to return for a seventh series on BBC One, according to reports.

Broadcast reports that writer Steven Knight "indicated" to attendees at an internal BBC event that the drama could be shot later this year, which would see the show pick up the story of the Shelby family in the 1950s.

The industry outlet also reports that discussions are now underway between the BBC, Netflix and production company Banijay with the proposal yet to receive an official greenlight. The BBC and Netflix declined to comment.

Meanwhile, as exclusively revealed by TV Zone earlier this year, BBC have officially announced the return of The Capture for a third series. Created, written and executive produced by BAFTA-winning Ben Chanan, The Capture is produced by Heyday Television, which is part of Universal International Studios, a division of Universal Studio Group, for BBC iPlayer and BBC One.

Holliday Grainger will return to lead the cast, with Killian Scott (Strike, Kaos, Dublin Murders) joining The Capture for series three in a pivotal role. Other returning cast members include Indira Varma as BBC Newsnight presenter Khadija Khan, Ben Miles as Danny Hart, Lia Williams as Gemma Garland, Ginny Holder as DI Nadia Latif, Ron Perlman as CIA agent Frank Napier, Nigel Lindsay as DSI Tom Kendricks, Tessa Wong as DC Chloe Tan and Daisy Waterstone as Abigail Carey.

Joe Dempsie (Get Millie Black, Toxic Town, Game of Thrones), Andrew Buchan (Black Doves, Broadchurch, Better), Hugh Quarshie (Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, Stephen, Holby City) and Amanda Drew (A Very British Scandal, The Gold, Gangs of London) also join the cast.

How do you protect the truth, in a world where lies are daily currency? And with the proliferation of deepfakes, how can we trust what we see? It’s been twelve months since Rachel Carey (Holliday Grainger) broadcast a live deepfake of a government minister to the nation, exposing the UK intelligence service’s clandestine video manipulation programme known as Correction.

Amidst an inquiry into the unlawful use of Correction, Carey has become acting head of SO15, determined to regain the public’s trust in surveillance technology through the new Operation Veritas camera system.

And then it happens: a brutal and exceptionally well-coordinated act of terror aimed right at the heart of the British establishment that leaves behind just one witness.

The more Carey investigates, the deeper she is drawn into an unfolding geopolitical crisis that infects the British political establishment, the security services, and the media. The conspiracy reaches deep into the State, but just who is pulling the strings?

Caught in an increasingly violent situation, and with few allies left to trust, what sacrifices will Carey be willing to make?

More details will be announced in due course.