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Netflix and the BBC eye up £500m Birmingham studio

The maker of UK crime drama Peaky Blinders, Birmingham-born film director and screenwriter Steven Knight, is planning to build a £500m film and TV studio in the area. It will be located on up to 40-acres of land, alongside a residential, retail and food and beverage offering. Knight is in talks with both Netflix and the BBC as potential occupiers of the studio space. Here Knight discusses why and how he first conceived the idea for a Birmingham film studio.