'My family are so solidly Brummie': Peaky Blinders creator unveils new tram named after him ahead of Peaky Blinders world premiere
At Centenary Square in Birmingham, many gathered around to welcome a new tram, named after Peaky Blinders creator, Steven Knight.
The honour is in recognition of Steven’s work in promoting Birmingham and the West Midlands through the Peaky Blinders franchise alongside his support for the local creative industry through Digbeth Loc Studios.
Speaking to those in attendance at the new tram unveiling in Birmingham, Steven Knight shared his special connection to the city, having been brought up in Streetly.
"My family are so solidly Brummie, and they are all from Small Heath. Our estate was sort of right on the border and just over Barr Beacon that was the Black Country. People don't realise how different people speak and it was walking distance.
"I love the Black Country, I love the Black Country accent. I love the people and I'd love to do something that features those characters.
"I haven't got any Black Country in my family but I could see it."
Steven Knight unveiled the new name, peeling off the name to reveal the tram's new moniker 'Steven Knight' written in bold on the side of a blue tram.
Watch the video where Steven Knight expresses whether if he claims Birmingham and Black Country.
At the event, Bradley Taylor, poet who created and performed his poem, 'By order of the people' which is in reference to the iconic line 'By order of the Peaky Blinders' and also a nod to the late Benjamin Zephaniah's poem, 'People need people'.
Bradley said he was happy to write a new poem in honour the special connection between Birmingham and the Peaky Blinders, he shared: "It was just a pleasure to write a poem that celebrates Birmingham as someone who was born here, grew up here, works here as a creative.
"And to celebrate not only Birmingham but its creativity through the form of Steven Knight, one of our best known artists and writers and he really encapsulates for me what being an artist in Birmingham is, which is celebrating the city's in all its truthful colours and to tell stories and to tell myths and to create new legends about the city".
Tonight, there the world premiere of Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man, taking place in Symphony Hall in Birmingham.
The film will then be released in select cinemas in Birmingham, followed by its global premiere on Netflix on March 20, 2026.
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