BBC launching Peaky Blinders spin-off to follow final series

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IT’S a long-awaited comeback – and Peaky Blinders fans will be thrilled to hear the new series comes with a bonus. The final season is set to start later this month on BBC1 and will coincide with a BBC2 documentary looking at the real-life gangsters who inspired the drama.

Over two episodes, the Real Peaky Blinders will look at the tribal warfare that characterised Victorian Birmingham in the late 1800s.

A TV insider said: “This will be a treat for devotees of the drama, some of whom may not have been aware that it was based on a true story. “Though the gangs which inspired the Shelby clan are different in many ways, the similarities are fascinating and in many cases quite shocking. “The documentary is a fitting way to help mark the end of the Peaky Blinders TV phenomenon which has hooked viewers for the past nine years.” The gripping drama began in 2013.

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