Peaky Blinders (TV series)

Peaky Blinders
Genre	Historical drama Crime drama
Created by	Steven Knight
Written by	Steven Knight Toby Finlay Stephen Russell
Directed by	Otto Bathurst (series 1) Tom Harper (series 1) Colm McCarthy (series 2) Tim Mielants (series 3) David Caffrey (series 4) Anthony Byrne (series 5–6)
Starring	Full list
Opening theme	"Red Right Hand" by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	6
No. of episodes	36 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Caryn Mandabach Jamie Glazebrook Greg Brenman (series 1) Will Gould (series 2–4) Steven Knight Cillian Murphy Frith Tiplady (series 1–4) David Mason (series 5–6) Anthony Byrne (series 6)
Producers	Katie Swinden (series 1) Laurie Borg (series 2) Simon Maloney (series 3) Joe Donaldson (series 4) Annie Harrison-Baxter (series 5) Nick Goding (series 6)
Production location	Birmingham
Running time	55–83 minutes
Production companies	Caryn Mandabach Productions Tiger Aspect Productions Screen Yorkshire
Original release
Network	BBC Two (series 1–4) BBC One (series 5–6)
Release	12 September 2013 (2013-09-12) – 3 April 2022 (2022-04-03)
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Peaky Blinders is a British period crime drama television series created by Steven Knight. Set in Birmingham, it follows the exploits of the Peaky Blinders crime gang in the direct aftermath of the First World War. The fictional gang is loosely based on a real urban youth gang who were active in the city from the 1880s to the 1910s.

It features an ensemble cast led by Cillian Murphy, starring as 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. Sam Neill, Annabelle Wallis, Iddo Goldberg, Tom Hardy, Charlotte Riley, Finn Cole, Natasha O'Keeffe, Paddy Considine, Adrien Brody, Aidan Gillen, Anya Taylor-Joy, Sam Claflin, Amber Anderson, James Frecheville, and Stephen Graham also appeared in at least one of the series. The programme began on 12 September 2013, broadcast on BBC Two until the fourth series (with repeats on BBC Four), then moved to BBC One for the fifth and sixth series.

Netflix, under a deal with Weinstein Company and Endemol, acquired the rights to release the show in the United States and around the world. In January 2021, it was announced that the sixth series would be the last, followed by a spin-off film. The final series was broadcast in 2022.