What new sets we will see?

Basically, Tommys empire has grown.

The world is opening up, its becoming much more expansive, and the spaces become bigger.

It becomes much more like a gangster world, the references become much more attuned toThe Godfatherrather thanHeavens Gate.

[Tommys] office is a total homage toThe Godfather.

Theres oranges on the table!

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There are a lot of [other] references as well.

Theres a lot of gold within the whole series, actually, and that echoes season 1.

How much freedom do you have to do that, mixing in so many different references?

Do you just not tell anyone?

I just do it, because its there!

Ive always tried to bring an Americana kind of sheen to a British gangster story.

I think thats legitimate because it is a myth.

Is that your imprint, or is that implied in the script?

No, its implied in the script.

He comes back and says, right Im gonna give Birmingham what Ive seen in London.

Im gonna give the masses what they want, which is this glamour.

And hes quite a glamourous individual.

You see him with this huge amount of money, and wheres that money going to take him?

And Ive always used gold as a symbol [for] his desire and ambition for money and wealth.

Theres just a lot more to do.

You mentioned fast cars will we see any 1920s cars?

You will see some flashy cars, yeah, his flashy car anyway.

Theres a lot more cars than there are horses, its moved on which is nice.

Does that help to produce a gangster feel, rather than a Western feel?

Yeah, thats important, cause hes moved on.

I feel weve moved on.

The first season was Western.

You wonder where the third series is going, then?

Nothings quaint in this world, its quite rugged, thats what I would say.

There is CGI involved, but its how you use CG.

To create complete digital shots was not really ever our plan.

I think you gotta blend them so you dont know where the CG is.

You will see those wow moments.

Do you ever get to see the casts reaction when they walk onto a new set?

I attempt to not be there, but I do.

I think its really important that they feel like theyre in a living environment.

If it makes the actor feel that the characters powerful, then it really infuses the performance.

I think thats so, so important, that they feel its real.

All the timbers are real.

I put ceilings on all of the sets.

I think thats really important as part of the story.

Do you ever have to negotiate with directors and cameramen about how closed you want the sets to be?

Do they ever say they need more space to put the cameras?

You make models and you have drawings, so youve worked things out, theres no surprises.

As long as youve had those thorough preparation talks, youll be fine.

What was the trickiest set to get right?

Which one did you tinker with the most?

The new interior of the Garrison.

That took some thought, because you were basically demolishing what you had.

And because you had probably double the number of sets that you had in the first season.

How are you gonna make Camden Lock look different to Charlies yard?

Keeping it thematically, visually connected.

So those were the difficult things!

Youve done some filming at Chatsworth for this series as well, havent you?

Yeah, Im going back there [followingDeath Comes To Pemberley].

Chatsworth has the only glamour.

Were using it for bedrooms, actually.

I hope we top what we did before.

That was one of the reasons I wanted to do it.

I love the story and I love the characters.

[As were finishing up]Oh, I didnt tell you about the rum factory!

That was a cool set.

We built into that.

That looked so cool.

Youre gonna love it.

Grant Montgomery, thank you very much!

Peaky Blinders series 2 starts on BBC 2 on Thursday the 2nd of October.