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PICTURE EXCLUSIVE: Cillian Murphy in action on Black Country Museum set of Peaky Blinders

Cillian Murphy relaxes on the set of Peaky Blinders today as filming gets under way at the Black Country Living Museum.

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Our exclusive picture shows the Irish star, who plays Tommy, in a chair alongside co-star Paul Anderson, who plays Arthur Shelby in the hit BBC series.

Production staff have been spotted amongst the industrial set consisting of a traction engine and cast iron statue, ready to be transported back to the 1920s for scrap metal merchants Charles Strong in the programme.

Sacks of hay, chains, boxes and bags of coal were also piled up as the film crew got ready to turn the museum into the show's Small Heath backdrop for the notorious Birmingham gang's arrival.

Meanwhile, fans were being given the chance to mingle with the stars on the set:

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