Peaky Blinders is a British period crime drama television series created by Steven Knight. Set in Birmingham, England, the series follows the exploits of the Shelby crime family in the direct aftermath of the First World War. The fictional family is loosely based on a real urban youth gang of the same name, who were active in the city from the 1890s to the early 20th century.Peaky Blinders features an ensemble cast, led by Cillian Murphy, Helen McCrory, and Paul Anderson starring as Tommy Shelby, Elizabeth Polly Gray, and Arthur Shelby, respectively, the gangs senior members. Sam Neill, Tom Hardy, Paddy Considine, Adrien Brody, Aidan Gillen, Annabelle Wallis, Charlotte Riley, Sam Claflin, and Anya Taylor-Joy also have recurring roles at various times of the series. The show premiered on 12 September 2013, telecast on BBC Two until the fourth series, and then shifted to BBC One for the fifth and upcoming sixth series.In 2018, after the shows Drama Series win at the BAFTA TV Awards, Knight confirmed his ambition of making it a story of a family between two wars, and by ending it with the first air raid siren in Birmingham, which was 25 June 1940. The fifth series premiered on BBC One on 25 August 2019 and finished on 22 September 2019. Netflix, under the deal with Weinstein Company and Endemol, had acquired the rights to release Peaky Blinders in the United States and around the world. In January 2021, the sixth season was announced to be the final season of the series.