Peaky Blinders
Criminal underworldOrganized crime, gangs and the criminal life seen from the inside.This show: 10/10Distinctive scoreMusic inseparable from the show's identity.This show: 9/10Antihero leadA protagonist doing bad things you can't stop watching.This show: 9/10Period pieceSet meaningfully in a past era.This show: 9/10Stylized directionBold, signature formal choices.This show: 8/10Family sagaBonds and fractures across generations of one family.This show: 8/10Visually strikingComposition and imagery worth pausing for.This show: 8/10GrittyRaw, unglamorous realism in both look and subject matter.This show: 8/10
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Starring
Cillian MurphyPaul AndersonSophie RundleHelen McCroryNed DennehyFinn Cole
Written by
Steven Knight
Starring
Cillian MurphyPaul AndersonSophie RundleHelen McCroryNed DennehyFinn Cole
Written by
Steven Knight
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Peaky Blinders Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 8.4 | 8.0 | 8.2 | 8.1 | 8.5 | 8.8 | 9.1 | |
| S2 | 8.7 | 8.4 | 8.2 | 8.5 | 8.3 | 8.7 | 9.5 | |
| S3 | 8.7 | 8.1 | 8.7 | 8.5 | 8.6 | 8.2 | 9.5 | |
| S4 | 9.0 | 9.4 | 9.0 | 8.4 | 8.5 | 8.7 | 9.4 | |
| S5 | 8.6 | 8.2 | 8.7 | 8.3 | 8.7 | 8.5 | 9.2 | |
| S6 | 8.5 | 8.8 | 8.2 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 9.3 |
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About
"Gangster ambition dressed in tailored menace and jazz"
Set in post-WWI Birmingham, this show follows the Shelby family, a working-class gang led by the ruthless, calculating Tommy Shelby, as they claw their way from street bookmaking into wealth, politics, and organized crime. It's stylish and brooding, all sharp suits, jazz-and-rock needle drops, and slow-motion swagger, with violence that's sudden rather than constant. The pace is deliberate, driven more by scheming and family loyalty than action, and Cillian Murphy's steely lead performance anchors the whole thing. It rewards patience with atmosphere and tension rather than nonstop thrills.
Watch it for
Cillian Murphy's magnetic, quietly menacing lead performance as Tommy Shelby.
Maybe skip if
you want fast-moving plots rather than slow-burn family scheming and mood.
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Series 12013
8.494K65h 43m
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Series 22014
8.780K65h 51m
As the 1920s begin to roar, business is booming for the Peaky Blinders gang. Shelby sets his sights on wider horizons and his meteoric rise brings him into contact with both the upper echelons of society and astonishing new adversaries from London’s criminal world. All will test him to the core, though in very different ways. Meanwhile, Shelby’s home turf faces new challenges as an enemy from his past returns to the city with plans for a revenge of biblical proportions.
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Series 32016
8.774K65h 38m
The action has moved on two years to 1924 and as Tommy starts married life he is more determined than ever to go legitimate and keep his family safe. But he finds himself pulled into a web of intrigue more lethal than anything he has yet encountered.
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Series 42017
9.079K65h 50m
In Christmas 1925, the Shelby family receives a mysterious letter, and Tommy understands they are all in danger. Luca Changretta comes from New York to avenge his father's death. The Shelby family gathers in Small Heath, in Birmingham. All of them will have to put aside their dispute in order to fight together for their survival.
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Series 52019
8.668K65h 49m
It is 1929, Tommy Shelby MP is approached by a charismatic politician with a bold vision for Britain, he realises that his response will affect not just his family’s future but that of the entire nation.
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Series 62022
8.577K66h 10m
1934 brings both opportunities and dangers to the Peaky Blinders. Beset by demons old and new, Tommy Shelby conceives a radical strategy to deal with a world on the road to hell, continuing his war against fascist politician Oswald Mosley and crossing paths with a mysterious new character.
Full Cast & Crew
Cast
Cillian Murphy Thomas Shelby
Paul Anderson Arthur Shelby
Sophie Rundle Ada Shelby
Helen McCrory Polly Gray
Ned Dennehy Charlie Strong
Finn Cole Michael Gray
Natasha O'Keeffe Lizzie Stark
Ian Peck Curly
Harry Kirton Finn Shelby
Packy Lee Johnny Dogs
Crew
Steven Knight
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