Peaky Blinders filmed at 'little known gem'

Peaky Blinders may be synonymous with Birmingham, but "a little known gem" of a filming location - a disused railway tunnel in Northamptonshire - has been used in the new Netflix film.

Kelmarsh Tunnel, on the former Northampton to Market Harborough line, was used in the latest instalment documenting the goings on of the Shelby family, called The Immortal Man.

Tom Harper, its director, said the brick structure was "one of those treasures that you sometimes find when you're filming".

He said the "enclosed" area meant the production was able to film with not many members of the public about.

The new film sees Oscar winner Cillian Murphy reprising his role as gang leader Tommy Shelby, who is depicted returning to Birmingham during World War Two.

It will be shown in selected cinemas before it is available to stream on Netflix from 20 March.

Harper said: "We wanted to create a big story that felt like an event that people could come together to watch as an audience."

Although the hit BBC series was set in Birmingham, its creator Stephen Knight said it was mostly shot in Manchester, Leeds and Liverpool, but added "this time I thought it was really important to come home".

Filming was shot across Birmingham, but also part of Northamptonshire.

Harper said: "There's a tunnel that we use that forms a very important part.

"It's very, very beautiful in all sorts of ways, it's one of those treasures that you sometimes find when you're filming."

With a bigger film budget it meant "we could go to all these incredible places and find all these little known gems".

He said due to its remote location not many Peaky Blinders fans gathered to try and catch a sneak peak at filming.

"Obviously Kelmarsh Tunnel is quite tricky to get into, it's quite enclosed, so we didn't have that problem.

"Even now with so much filming going on, when you see a film shot somewhere it still feels exciting, the silver screen, there's something about it that just has some magic."

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