Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight has promised “even greater jeopardy” in the upcoming second series.

Six new episodes will air on BBC Two this autumn, with The Dark Knight Rises star Tom Hardy joining returning cast members Cillian Murphy, Helen McCrory and Sam Neill.

Knight commented: “It’s getting bigger, it’s getting richer and as a result of that it’s getting more dangerous.”

He hinted: “The gang are entering areas of even greater jeopardy. And anyone like Tommy who is so good at what he does will attract dangerous people and he has to use his skills and his wits to survive. They don’t leave Birmingham, they stay centred there, but they expand the business into other areas.”

Actor Cillian Murphy added: “We reached a point in Series 1 where the Peaky Blinders’ empire expanded beyond where the family was when Tommy became the de facto leader. Now the next target is London, moving south and encountering more obstacles… trying to go legitimate but constantly being pulled back down in that criminal world, and that pull-and-push is the really exciting dramatic element of it.”

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