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 star. 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. The second series has the Peaky Blinders expand their criminal organisation in the "South and North while maintaining a stronghold in their Birmingham heartland". [5] It begins in 1921 and ends with a climax at Epsom racecourse on 31 May 1922, Derby Day. [6] Peaky Blinders won the Returning Drama award at the 2022 National Television Awards ceremony, with Knight subsequently confirming during his acceptance speech that production of the film would begin in spring 2023. [35] Reception [ edit ] Sam Neill as Chief Inspector/Major Chester Campbell (series 1–2), an Ulster Protestant policeman drafted from Belfast.

Annabelle Wallis as Grace Shelby (series 1–3, 5), née Burgess, a former undercover agent, and Irish Protestant. She is Tommy's first wife and mother of his son Charles. Watson, Keith (17 October 2013). "TV review: Peaky Blinders was a fantastic political thriller". Metro. Archived from the original on 14 February 2014 . Retrieved 14 February 2014.

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White, Peter; Tartaglione, Nancy (13 May 2018). "Peaky Blinders Scores First Best Drama BAFTA TV Award Win; Steven Knight & Caryn Mandabach React". Deadline . Retrieved 9 January 2023. Peaky Blinders season 6 release date and more". Digitalspy.com. 15 February 2022. Archived from the original on 16 February 2022 . Retrieved 23 February 2022. Gaite Jansen as Princess Tatiana Petrovna (series 3), a Russian princess who has an affair with Tommy.

Adrien Brody as Luca Changretta (series 4), a New York mafioso with a vendetta against the Peaky Blinders.Yeates, Cydney (18 July 2019). "Peaky Blinders cast return to Birmingham for season 5 premiere". Metro. Archived from the original on 19 July 2019 . Retrieved 27 August 2019. Peaky Blinders: Season 6". Metacritic. Archived from the original on 3 March 2022 . Retrieved 3 March 2022. Charlie Creed-Miles as Billy Kimber (series 1), a local kingpin and leader of The Birmingham Boys who runs the local races. On 18 January 2021, it was announced that series six, which had just begun filming, would be the final television series of Peaky Blinders; though Knight revealed "the story will continue in another form". [30] Helen McCrory, who played the character of Polly Gray, died in April 2021, thus unable to film any scenes for the series. [28] Series six premiered on 27 February 2022. [31] [32] Future [ edit ] Andy Nyman (series 1), Richard McCabe (recurring series 2), and Neil Maskell (series 5–6) as Winston Churchill