TV SERIES · 2013–2022 · UK
Peaky Blinders
- Created by
- Steven Knight
- Network
- BBC One, BBC Two
- Seasons
- 6
- Episodes
- 36
- Studio
- Tiger Aspect, Caryn Mandabach Productions, Screen Yorkshire
26 archived facts 3 topics 1 source Last reviewed Sep 2026
A gangster family epic set in 1919 Birmingham, England and centered on a gang who sew razor blades in the peaks of their caps, and their fierce boss Tommy Shelby, who means to move up in the world.
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17 Facts From the Making of Peaky Blinders
- #001
Peaky Blinders was created and written by Steven Knight.
- #002
Screen Yorkshire funded Peaky Blinders through the Yorkshire Content Fund, and the deal required most of the show to be filmed in Yorkshire.
- #007
Steven Knight, Stephen Russell and Toby Finlay all received writing credits on Peaky Blinders.
- #010
A second series of Peaky Blinders was commissioned shortly after the first series was broadcast, and it aired in October and November 2014.
- #012
Peaky Blinders announced via its Twitter account that it had been renewed for a third series shortly after the final episode of the second series aired.
- #013
Filming on Peaky Blinders series 3 finished on 22 January 2016, following 78 days of shooting.
- #014
The BBC renewed Peaky Blinders for series 4 and 5 during the initial broadcast of series 3, with each of those series comprising six episodes.
- #015
Filming on Peaky Blinders series 4 began in March 2017, and the series premiered on BBC Two on 15 November 2017.
- #016
The BBC commissioned a fifth series of Peaky Blinders in mid-2016.
- #017
It was confirmed on 22 August 2018 that the fifth series of Peaky Blinders would be broadcast on BBC One.
- #018
The fifth series of Peaky Blinders premiered to a select audience at Birmingham Town Hall on 18 July 2019.
- #019
The fifth series of Peaky Blinders began airing on BBC One on 25 August 2019.
- #020
Steven Knight stated on 5 May 2018, while speaking to Birmingham Press Club, that Peaky Blinders would definitely return for a sixth series.
- #021
Production on Peaky Blinders had been scheduled to start in March 2020, but the COVID-19 pandemic pushed it back.
- #023
On 18 January 2021, it was announced that series six of Peaky Blinders, which had just begun filming, would be the show's final television series.
- #024
Steven Knight said the story of Peaky Blinders would continue in another form after series six ended the television run.
- #026
Series six of Peaky Blinders premiered on 27 February 2022.
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