Pride star Paddy Considine has joined the cast of BBC gangster drama Peaky Blinders ahead of its third season.
The new run of the Birmingham-set series will begin filming tomorrow, October 5. Considine's character will apparently pit himself against Cillian Murphy's gang boss Tommy Shelby.
The show's creator Steven Knight has previously hinted that the next season 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). Next time around, viewers will see Shelby get caught in a more international conflict in the 1920s that puts his organisation and his family at risk.
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."
Cillian 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.
