Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight reveals he's about to start writing series six... ten days after wrapping the season five shoot

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Filming on series five wrapped just ten days ago.

But the Peaky Blinders team are already preparing for series six, with the hit show's creator Steven Knight revealing in a new interview with Slate that he's about to start writing the new scripts.  

Knight explained that he's feeling full of momentum to continue the story of Thomas Shelby (Cillian Murphy) and co.  

Here we go again! The Peaky Blinders team are already preparing for series six, with the hit show's creator Steven Knight revealing that he's about to start writing the new scripts 

Explaining why the BBC show is so important to him, Knight explained: 'Peaky is a very personal thing for me because it’s based on stories that I was told as a kid by my parents. At the very beginning, I tried to have other writers involved but it just didn’t work.

'There’s no writers room, or any other writer involved. I write everything from beginning to end. Maybe it’s just me not being able to let go of something, especially with Peaky. I can’t let it go.'

Knight, who also co-created quiz show Who Wants to be a Millionaire, continued: 'I’m about to start writing season 6 now and if all the wheels fall off, or it goes horribly wrong, there’s probably people that will say something. But at this moment, it has its own logic and momentum. Right now, it feels as if the characters are just writing themselves.' 

Writing: Knight explained: 'I'm about to start writing season 6 now... at this moment, it has its own logic and momentum. Right now, it feels as if the characters are just writing themselves'

It had been rumoured Peaky Blinders' fifth series could be its last, with Deadline reporting the upcoming series will see the story of the Shelby clan 'come to a conclusion'.  

However, Knight confirmed in May last year, that the gangster drama will come to a close after the seventh season.    

He told Digital Spy: 'My ambition is to make it a story of a family between two wars, so always I've wanted to end it with the first air raid siren in Birmingham in 1939. It'll take three more series [to reach that point].'

It's a wrap: A post on the BBC drama's official Twitter account on January 17 confirmed that filming fro series would conclude the next day, with the post accompanied by a moody photo of show star Cillian Murphy and director Anthony Byrne

There's also been rumours of a big screen outing for the series, as one of the show's director's claimed it is being made into a movie.

Otto Bathurst, who directed three episodes in season one of the gritty gangster drama, said Knight is currently writing a script.     

A post on the BBC drama's official Twitter account on January 17 confirmed that filming would conclude the next day, with the post accompanied by a moody photo of show star Cillian Murphy and director Anthony Byrne on day one of production. 

Sneak peek: An explosive look at the show's new season was given in a gritty trailer released earlier this month 

The caption read: 'Tomorrow we wrap filming series 5 of #PeakyBlinders. Here’s a throwback to Cillian and director Anthony Byrne on the first day of filming, all those months ago. #ThrowbackThursday.'

The drama is set to be released at some point in 2019 - with show bosses keeping coy over the exact air date.

Fans quickly went wild over the news, and flocked to social media to share their delight.

One wrote: 'IM SO EXCITED OMG' while another added: 'best series ever made!' 

Comeback: Fans quickly went wild over the news, and flocked to social media to share their delight

Another added: 'Just hurry up already' with one fan writing: 'been waiting too long!'

With a flurry of excited memes, another follower wrote: 'I'm ready for it, can't come soon enough!'

While the drama is set in Birmingham, filming has taken place across Manchester in recent months. 

Series five is set in the aftermath of the 1929 Wall Street Crash, with creator Steven Knight revealing: 'The story of the Peaky Blinders and of the Shelby family gets woven into the political fabric of Britain and Europe as the 1920s end and the thirties begin.

'Tommy Shelby faces the darkest force he has ever faced and his struggle is as relevant today as it was then.'  

Peaky Blinders fans were given their first look at season five in a BBC drama trailer which aired on New Year's Day ahead of an expected Spring 2019 air date.

While the one minute clip featured snippets of Killing Eve, Line of Duty and Luther, it was the brief but explosive tease of Peaky Blinders which has really got fans talking. 

Line up: Series five is set in the aftermath of the 1929 Wall Street Crash (pictured Joe Cole, Cillian and Paul Anderson)

Cillian Murphy, who plays Thomas Shelby in the BBC One series, is seen in a number of blink and you'll miss it scenes in the trailer, including the aftermath of what looks like a deadly car explosion.

Seconds after a shot of a burning car is shown, Tommy is seen looking distraught as he appears to cradle a body in his arms.  

Annie Harrison-Baxter will produce the new series, which sees the welcome return of a host of familiar characters following a vicious gang war.  

There will also be some new faces joining the cast, including Sam Claflin and Split actress Anya Taylor-Joy.

The drama will also make the big move from BBC Two to BBC One following the huge success of the first four series. 

Big move: The drama will also make the big move from BBC Two to BBC One following the huge success of the first four series