{"id":23961,"date":"2022-10-17T18:45:36","date_gmt":"2022-10-17T16:45:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1723524"},"modified":"2022-10-17T19:13:09","modified_gmt":"2022-10-17T17:13:09","slug":"peaky-blinders-creator-explains-why-he-swapped-series-for-cinema","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/peaky-blinders-creator-explains-why-he-swapped-series-for-cinema\/","title":{"rendered":"Peaky Blinders creator explains why he swapped series for cinema"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Lidia Molina-Whyte\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Monday, 17 October 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>It\u2019s obvious <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/movies\/peaky-blinders-movie-release-date\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Peaky Blinders<\/a> continues to be hugely popular ahead of its upcoming transition from the small screen to the big one. The show won the Returning Drama category at the <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/national-television-awards-winners-full-list-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">National Television Awards<\/a>, beating the likes of Bridgerton and Call the Midwife to the top spot.<\/p>\n<p>Next year, however, the series won\u2019t be competing, at least not in the same category. <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">RadioTimes.com<\/a> caught up with creator Steven Knight at the awards ceremony about what made him want to take Peaky Blinders to the cinema.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause why not?\u201d He said. \u201cPeaky\u2019s is now a world, it\u2019s a franchise, it\u2019s a brand, and it seems to fit with lots of different forms, and it will definitely fit with a film, as a dance show, as an immersive show. It seems to me that people want to be part of that world and therefore they can experience it in lots of different ways.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Watch Knight and cast members discuss the movie, for which pre-production is set to begin immediately, below:<\/p> <div class=\"&quot;brightcove\" embed=\"\"> <div class=\"&quot;embed__intrinsic&quot;\"> <div class=\"&quot;brightcove__player\" vjs-playlist-player-container=\"\"> <video data-video-id=\"6313885452112\" data-account=\"69912529001\" data-player=\"ByeOf0VZEl\" data-embed=\"&quot;default&quot;\" data-application-id=\"\" controls=\"\" class=\"&quot;video-js&quot;\"\/><\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script src=\"&quot;\/\/players.brightcove.net\/69912529001\/ByeOf0VZEl_default\/index.min.js&quot;\"\/><p>As Knight mentions, the series has already been turned into a <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/peaky-blinders-dance-show-tv-broadcast-exclusive-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Peaky Blinders dance show<\/a>, which he hopes will be televised at some point. As the franchise grows and talk turns to spin-offs, it\u2019s likely the Peaky Blinders movie won\u2019t be the last we see of the Birmingham gangsters, too.<\/p> <p><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li><strong><a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/peaky-blinders-season-6-criticism-exclusive-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Peaky Blinders director responds to season 6 criticism: \u201cIt has to evolve\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/peaky-blinders-duke-shelby-explained\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Who is Duke Shelby in Peaky Blinders? 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