Peaky Blinders actor Paul Anderson shares behind the scenes snaps of series five filming

The new series is expected to air next year
Series five: Filming for the new series of Peaky Blinders is under way
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Natasha Sporn27 September 2018

Peaky Blinders fans have something else to get excited about as Paul Anderson shared a sneaky peak of season five filming.

Anderson, who plays Arthur Shelby, posted two snaps of him getting into character on his Instagram story.

The first picture showed the actor posing in costume, writing “fkn ready” next to the image while the second was a mirror selfie of Anderson ready for action.

Anderson’s character is the older brother Tommy Shelby, played by leading man Cillian Murphy, in the popular BBC drama.

Ready: Paul Anderson shared a filming snap in character
Instagram / Paul Anderson

The gangster drama, set in Birmingham, takes place during the aftermath of World War I and finished airing its fourth series in December.

Anderson and Murphy are among the returning cast for series five, alongside Michael Gray (Finn Cole), Ada Thorne (Sophie Rundle) and Polly Gray (Helen McCrory).

And, earlier in the year, creator Steven Knight allayed fears that the series could be the last by revealing he has plans for two more runs after it.

Tommy: Paul Anderson stars in the BBC drama
Instagram / Paul Anderson

Speaking at the Virgin TV BAFTAs in May, Knight said: “My ambition is to make it a story of a family between two wars, so always I've wanted to end it with the first air raid siren in Birmingham in 1939.

“It'll take three more series [to reach that point].”

Knight also teased that the show, which picked up the BAFTA gong for Drama Series, could spawn a film somewhere before its final series.

Peaky Blinders is expected to return to BBC in 2019.

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