Peaky Blinders Will End After Sixth Season | TheRichest.com
BBC’s critically-acclaimed crime drama Peaky Blinders will come to an end after its sixth and final season, however, creator and writer Steven Knight promises that the story, set in the aftermath of World War I, will “continue in another form.”
The series, which follows Tommy Shelby (Cillian Murphy), the head of a notorious crime family, has resumed production in the UK after the COVID-19 lockdown. Knight had previously told Entertainment Weekly that the drama would have a seventh season but plans seemed to have changed after the year’s delay in production as a result of the pandemic.
The sixth season will presumably air in late 2021 or early 2022. On Monday, Knight said in a statement, “’Peaky’ is back and with a bang. After the enforced production delay due to the Covid pandemic, we find the family in extreme jeopardy and the stakes have never been higher. We believe this will be the best series of all and are sure that our amazing fans will love it. While the TV series will be coming to an end, the story will continue in another form.”
The show’s creator did not specify if the follow-up would be a spin-off, a limited series or a film, but BBC and Netflix seem intent on having the show continue in some form. Executive producer Caryn Mandabach said, “Steve’s scripts are incredible and mark the end of an epic story that has entranced audiences since it first started in 2013, but the world of ‘Peaky Blinders’ will most definitely live on.”
Season 6, which is being written by Knight, will be directed by season 5 showrunner Anthony Byrne and produced by Nick Goding. The crime drama first aired on BBC Two in 2013 and has become a huge hit overseas on Netflix. In 2019, it moved to BBC One for season 5. Peaky Blinders has received critical acclaim. David Renshaw of The Guardian said the series was a "riveting, fast-paced tale of post-first world war Birmingham gangsters", and praised Murphy as the "ever-so-cool Tommy Shelby" and the rest of the cast for their "powerful performances.”
Source: Variety
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