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Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight has revealed some exciting news about his new multicultural drama series which explores the Two-Tone and Ska music scene which he plans to film in Digbeth, Birmingham. Knight hopes to showcase a tale of white, black and Asian youth being united by their love for Two-Tone and Ska music.
Birmingham City Council chiefs have hailed plans by the BBC to move production of flagship show MasterChef to the city. Yesterday’s announcement that popular BBC television series MasterChef is relocating to Birmingham has been welcomed as a boost for long-standing plans to regenerate the Digbeth area of the city.
Production of the BBC’s MasterChef show will be moved to Birmingham from 2024, producers have announced. It will be the first time the popular cooking programme will be made outside of London in more than 20 years.
Birmingham will be “home to the future of the BBC” following the launch of a new apprentice hub, BBC Director-General Tim Davie has said. Mr Davie made the comments while addressing creative sector employers from across the West Midlands at an event today (Friday 18 February).
Exciting news was announced today as Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight unveiled plans to shoot his Peaky Blinders feature film in a new Birmingham studio. The brand new film and TV production studio will be built in Digbeth in an area that would have been familiar to the original Brummie gangsters.