Steven Knight’s Peaky Blinders is a British criminal drama television series. It is set in Birmingham, England, and recounts the adventures of the Peaky Blinders gang in the immediate aftermath of World War I. The fictitious gang is partially based on a real-life urban youth gang of the same name that operated in the city between the 1880s and 1910s.
Tommy Shelby, Helen McCrory as Elizabeth “Polly” Gray, Paul Anderson as Arthur Shelby, Sophie Rundle as Ada Shelby, and Joe Cole as John Shelby, the gang’s senior members, are among the ensemble cast. In addition to Sam Neill, Annabelle Wallis, Iddo Goldberg, Charlotte Riley, Tom Hardy, Paddy Considine, Adrien Brody, Aidan Gillen, Anya Taylor-Joy, Sam Claflin, James Frecheville, and Stephen Graham, the film stars Adrien Brody, Aidan Gillen, Anya Taylor-Joy, Sam Claflin It began on BBC Two on September 12, 2013, and was repeated on BBC Four until the fourth season, when it was relocated to BBC One for the fifth and sixth series.
The fifth season debuted on BBC One on August 25, 2019 and concluded on September 22, 2019. Netflix bought the rights to the programme in the United States and throughout the world in a deal with Weinstein Company and Endemol. In January 2021, it was revealed that Series 6 will be the final season, with a spinoff film to follow. Series six aired in the UK from February 27 to April 3, 2022, with a worldwide Netflix release later that year.
Cast:
- Thomas “Tommy” Shelby played by Cillian Murphy
- Chief Inspector/Major Chester Campbell played by Sam Neill
- Elizabeth “Polly” Gray, née Shelby played by Helen McCrory
- Arthur Shelby Jr. played by Paul Anderson
- Freddie Thorne played by Iddo Goldberg
- Grace Shelby, née Burgess played by Annabelle Wallis
- Ada Thorne, née Shelby played by Sophie Rundle
- John “Johnny” Shelby played by Joe Cole
- Charlie Strong played by Ned Dennehy
- Jeremiah “Jimmy” Jesus played by Benjamin Zephaniah
Is Peaky Blinders Season 7 coming?
Peaky Blinders Season 7 Won’t Be Happening!
The Netflix has officially confirmed the Peaky Blinders Season 6 will be the Final Series, and you can see that Tommy says, “Now the Peaky blinders will rest!” However, the COVID-19 pandemic impacted the show’s production and the creators lost one year because of it. And after losing Helen Mccrory during the pandemic. the creator decided to the end the show with Season 6.