Filming has begun on the fourth season of Peaky Blinders in Liverpool.

Game Of Thrones star Aidan Gillen and The Pianist star Adrien Brody will join the cast in the six new episodes.

Steven Knight’s multi-award winning gangster epic launched on BBC Two in September 2013.

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The official synopsis for Season 4 reads: “When he receives a mysterious letter on Christmas Eve, Thomas Shelby realises that the Peaky Blinders are in danger of annihilation. As the enemy closes in, Shelby flees his country house and returns to the streets of Small Heath, Birmingham, where a desperate fight for survival begins.”

Returning cast members in Season 4 include Cillian Murphy (Inception), Helen McCrory (Skyfall), Charlotte Riley Close To The Enemy), Paul Anderson (The Revenant), Joe Cole (Green Room), Sophie Rundle (Jamestown), Finn Cole (Animal Kingdom), Natasha O’Keefe (Sherlock), Packy Lee (The Frankenstein Chronicles), Aimee-Ffion Edwards (Detectorists) and Kate Phillips (The Crown).

Tom Hardy (Taboo, The Revenant) will also be back as as Jewish gang leader Alfie Solomons.

Writer and creator Steven Knight commented: “We have a dream team gathered for series four of Peaky Blinders, coming to us for love of the series which is great. Adrien Brody, Aidan Gillen and Charlie Murphy give us a wealth of talent to work with, and with Tom Hardy and Charlotte Riley returning we couldn’t have hoped for more.”

Piers Wenger, Controller BBC Drama, added: “The stellar cast Peaky Blinders continues to attract is testament to Steven Knight’s incredible storytelling and the world-class production values of this original series. To welcome these actors to this BBC Two series alongside the rest of the show’s outstanding cast is incredibly exciting.”

The Peaky Blinders cast has also been seen filming in the West Midlands, you can see the picture here.

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