‘Peaky Blinders’ Creator Steven Knight Says He Couldn’t Have Made Show Without the BBC but ‘It’s Not the Place You Go to for the Big Bucks’

Steven Knight, the creator of Peaky Blinders and writer for the next James Bond film, urges US streamers to contribute financially to a UK talent fund. While avoiding the term streamer levy, Knight emphasized the importance of nurturing local creative talent. During a House of Commons inquiry, he stated that Peaky Blinders could not have been produced without the BBC, although he noted that the broadcaster is generally not known for providing large budgets for productions.