Peaky Blinders (TV series)

Peaky Blinders is a British period crime drama television series created by Steven Knight. It is about the Peaky Blinders crime gang in Birmingham after World War I.

Peaky Blinders
Genre	Historical fiction 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 and 6)
Starring	Cillian Murphy Sam Neill Helen McCrory Paul Anderson Annabelle Wallis Sophie Rundle Joe Cole Finn Cole Harry Kirton Charlotte Riley Noah Taylor Tom Hardy Natasha O'Keeffe Aimee-Ffion Edwards Gaite Jansen Alexander Siddig Kate Phillips Adrien Brody Aidan Gillen Charlie Murphy Anya Taylor-Joy Sam Claflin
Opening theme	"Red Right Hand" by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Composers	Martin Phipps Paul Hartnoll Dickon Hinchliffe Antony Genn Martin Slattery Anna Calvi
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	6
No. of episodes	36 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Caryn Mandabach Greg Brenman Steven Knight Cillian Murphy Jamie Glazebrook Frith Tiplady
Producer	Katie Swinden
Production locations	Birmingham (main setting) Bradford Keighley Leeds Bolton Wigan Manchester Liverpool City of Bradford Dudley Stockport London
Cinematography	George Steel
Running time	55–65 minutes
Production companies	BBC Studios Caryn Mandabach Productions Tiger Aspect Productions Screen Yorkshire
Budget	$1.5 million per episode
Original release
Network	BBC Two (series 1–4) BBC One (series 5–)
Release	12 September 2013 (2013-09-12) – present (present)

It stars Cillian Murphy, Helen McCrory, Paul Anderson, Sam Neill, Iddo Goldberg, Tom Hardy, Paddy Considine, Adrien Brody, Aidan Gillen, Annabelle Wallis, Charlotte Riley, Sam Claflin, Stephen Graham, and Anya Taylor-Joy.

Netflix, under the deal with Weinstein Company and Endemol, have the rights to release Peaky Blinders in the United States and around the world. In January 2021, it was announced that series six would be the last.