The final season airs later this year
Peaky Blinders creator Stephen Knight said it was "a challenge" to film the new season without star Helen McCrory.
The actress, who played Polly Gray on the show since 2013, died of cancer last year at the age of 52.
Ahead of the sixth and final season of the series, Knight paid tribute to “the heart of the show”.
He told PA news agency: “It was a terrible, tragic loss that happened while we were shooting. And the loss of such an incredible human being is the main thing.
“The loss of such an incredible actor is awful. She was right at the heart [of the show]. There are three central characters – she was one of them.
“And it’s a challenge, and was a challenge, to keep going with the story without her. But we knew that she would have wanted that to continue. So that’s what we did.”
Knight also teased that the release date for the new season will be announced “very soon”.
Line Of Duty star Stephen Graham, who played Detective Sergeant John Corbett on the BBC show, joins the cast for the final run of the period drama.
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