Peaky Blinders season 5 is currently filming and while Hunger Games star Sam Claflin has joined the cast there's been rumours that David Beckham might be popping up, too.
The rumours were fuelled by a series of pictures he shared to his Instagram account, which saw him decked out in Peaky-appropriate attire and posing with paintings of Tommy Shelby (Cillian Murphy) and his brother Arthur Shelby (Paul Anderson).
And while David shared pictures with captions such as, "Amazing day on the Peaky Blinders set" and, "Big thanks to creator, Steve Knight and the crew for looking after me. Excited for season 5," he won't in fact be appearing on the hit BBC show.
A spokesperson from the BBC told Manchester Evening News that David was just there for a set visit, while reps for Peaky Blinders told Digital Spy: "We are not aware of David Beckham appearing in series five of Peaky Blinders."
However, Beckham is set to launch a fashion line themed around Peaky Blinders following a partnership with Kent and Curwen, as displayed at LFWM last week.
Posting about the partnership on Instagram, he wrote: "By order of the Peaky Blinders, proud to join @KentandCurwen in announcing a capsule collection inspired by one of my favourite series @peakyblindersofficial alongside the Autumn Winter 2019 collection this Sunday."
Peaky Blinders will move to BBC One when it returns later in 2019.
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Laurence Mozafari (he/him) is a multi-award winning journalist, editor, and presenter, currently Editor-in-Chief at Digital Spy, the UK's biggest TV and movies website.
Before that, he held roles as Editor, Deputy Editor, and Associate Editor focusing on news, social, and video.Laurence hosted the BBC Sounds podcast Obsessed with Peaky Blinders in 2019, as well as his own podcast production, Time of My Life, where he interviews fascinating elders about their life lessons, including Only Fools and Horses' Sir David Jason, Star Trek’s George Takei and Bridgerton’s Adjoa Andoh.
He was previously at Bauer Media working as Digital Editor of Heat magazine’s website, Heatworld.com, and has worked at and written for Sky, NME, Q magazine, Grazia, Closer, FHM and dedicated careers website GoThinkBig.
He secured a first-class BA journalism degree at Staffordshire University, along with several NCTJ qualifications, and now has 14 years' experience in digital publishing covering TV, movies, music, gaming, tech, showbiz, and travel.
Laurence has been a broadcasting contributor on television and radio, including KISS, Heat Radio, BBC Radio London, Radio 5 Live, and BBC Breakfast. He is also a visiting lecturer at various universities teaching journalism, including City, University of London, Nottingham Trent, Staffordshire University and London Metropolitan.
Laurence has won numerous awards in his journalism career, including the BSME Talent Award’s Best Deputy Editor, the PPA's 30 Under 30, and the New Editor and Editor of the Year at the AOP and BSMEs. He led Digital Spy to win PPA's Digital Content Team of the Year twice, along with the British Media Awards’ Brand of the Year in 2021.
Laurence joined the committee for the British Society of Magazine Editors in 2022. He has since hosted panels with CEOs of Immediate Media and the Media Trust at the PPA Festival, as well as presenting his own radio show on Green Man Radio at Green Man Festival in 2022. Laurence is also a Brits voting academy member. Laurence has been lucky enough to interview numerous celebrities, actors, and musicians throughout his career. Arnold Schwarzenegger loved his hair, Jimmy Carr loved his coat and Antonio Banderas gave a shout-out to his mum. Laurence has covered set visits for The Witcher on Netflix and Marvel’s Inhumans, he got Daisy Ridley to do a Chewbacca impression and loves Marvel, PlayStation, Glastonbury and craft beer.
