By order of the Peaky Blinders’ creator Steven Knight, construction has begun on his new multimillion-pound TV and film studio in Birmingham – which is designed to put the city on the media map, create over 700 jobs, add £30m to the local economy and house Knight’s new ska music BBC drama This Town as well the Peaky Blinders film.
Eight years after Knight began working on his idea, building has started on the new studios, which will also provide a home for the band UB40, offer training for local residents to get into TV, as well as restaurants, a hotel and bars. Advanced talks are also in place for an outpost of the media industry’s most famous chain of clubs, Soho House.
