Peaky Blinders is officially coming back to the BBC for two more seasons.

Writer and creator Steven Knight is set to return to tell the story of a new generation of Shelbys, filmed and set in Birmingham.

However, conspicuously absent from the official BBC announcement is any mention of show star Cillian Murphy, which seems to indicate the Oscar-winner will not be back to reprise his role as Tommy Shelby.

Set in Britain in 1953, the official synopsis for the ‘new era’ of the series reads: ‘After being heavily bombed in WWII, Birmingham is building a better future out of concrete and steel.

‘The race to own Birmingham’s massive reconstruction project becomes a brutal contest of mythical dimensions.

‘This is a city of unprecedented opportunity and danger: with the Shelby family right at

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