Peaky Blinders just got a whole lot more exciting as Paddy Considine has joined the cast for its third season.
The new series of the Birmingham-set gangster series will begin filming tomorrow (October 5).
Though little detail has emerged of Considine's character, the Pride star will play a representative of a force that Tommy Shelby (Cillian Murphy) must reckon with.
The show's creator Steven Knight has previously hinted that the series will see more big name guest stars, with Tom Hardy already confirmed to be making a return as Alfie Solomons.
Considine joins regulars Murphy, Helen McCrory (Aunt Polly) and Paul Anderson (Arthur Shelby).
The third series will see Shelby get caught in a more international conflict in the 1920s that puts his organisation and his family at risk.
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Knight said of the new season: "I am genuinely thrilled at the prospect of season three. I think it will be the best yet. Lots of things familiar but lots of things are new.
"It's still a Birmingham story and it always will be. Now, it has international consequences. I can't wait to see it myself."
Murphy added: "It's the sign of a great show when by the second or third season it's richer than ever. The writing this year is the strongest it's ever been. It's off the charts."
Peaky Blinders will return to BBC Two in 2016.
Watch Cillian Murphy and Helen McCrory talk about Peaky Blinders and working with Tom Hardy:
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