Peaky Blinders
British period crime drama TV series
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| 2024 | Birmingham Airport opened a Shelby & Co. Bar + Kitchen in its departures lounge, named in homage to the Peaky Blinders show, featuring dishes named after characters from the series. |
| December 5 2024 | Soldiers from the 'Peaky Blinders' unit of the National Guard of Ukraine received gifts from the series' creators, including caps with an autograph from Cillian Murphy, the main character. |
| September 2024 | Filming began for The Immortal Man, a feature-length film set a few years after the series finale, to be distributed by Netflix. |
| June 2024 | Netflix officially confirms the Peaky Blinders film, with Cillian Murphy set to reprise his role as Thomas Shelby. |
| March 2023 | Initial plans to begin film production in mid-spring, which was later delayed. |
| March 9 2023 | Maze Theory released Peaky Blinders: The King's Ransom, a virtual reality game for Meta Quest 2 and PICO 4. |
| 2022 | Peaky Blinders wins the Returning Drama award at the National Television Awards ceremony, with creator Steven Knight confirming plans for a feature-length movie. |
| 2022 | The television series concluded, completing its run from 2013 to 2022. |
| September 2022 | Rambert Dance premiered 'Peaky Blinders: The Redemption of Thomas Shelby', a dance production based on the TV series, directed and choreographed by Benoit Swan Pouffer and written by Steven Knight. The production first performed at the Birmingham Hippodrome and subsequently toured the UK, with the performance also being filmed for the BBC. |
| February 27 2022 | Series 6 of Peaky Blinders premiered, marking the final television installment of the series. |
| April 2021 | Helen McCrory, who played Polly Gray, passed away, preventing her from filming scenes in the final series. |
| January 18 2021 | BBC officially announced that the sixth series would be the final series of Peaky Blinders, marking the conclusion of the show's run. |
| January 18 2021 | Official announcement that series 6 would be the final television series of Peaky Blinders, with creator Steven Knight indicating the story would continue in another format. |
| August 2020 | FuturLab developed and released Peaky Blinders: Mastermind video game for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, and PC via Steam. |
| March 2020 | Original production plans for series 6 were delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, preventing the planned March start of filming. |
| 2019 | Series 5 of the television show Peaky Blinders was broadcast, continuing the story of the Shelby crime family in the late 1920s. |
| August 25 2019 | Series 5 began airing on BBC One. |
| July 18 2019 | Series 5 premiered to a select audience at Birmingham Town Hall. |
| 2018 | The name Ada entered the girls' top 100 names in the UK for the first time in a century, inspired by the character Ada Thorne from the series. |
| 2018 | The name Arthur surged into the top 10 boys names in the UK for the first time since the 1920s, influenced by the character Arthur Shelby Jr. from Peaky Blinders. |
| August 22 2018 | Confirmation that series 5 would be broadcast on BBC One. |
| May 5 2018 | Steven Knight confirms the production of series 6 at Birmingham Press Club, definitively stating they will make the sixth series of Peaky Blinders. |
| 2017 | Peaky Blinders aired its fourth series, continuing the dramatic narrative of the Shelby crime family in Birmingham, exploring their criminal enterprises and personal struggles. |
| November 15 2017 | Series 4 of Peaky Blinders premiered on BBC Two, continuing the popular period crime drama. |
| March 2017 | Filming commenced for series 4 of Peaky Blinders, marking the continuation of the television series production. |
| 2016 | Series 3 of Peaky Blinders was broadcast, continuing the story of the Shelby crime family in Birmingham, exploring their criminal activities and personal conflicts. |
| June 2016 | BBC commissioned the fifth series of Peaky Blinders in mid-2016. |
| May 31 2016 | Series 3 of Peaky Blinders was made available on Netflix. |
| March 2 2016 | Steven Knight revealed in an interview with Crime Scene Quarterly that notable figures like Michael Mann, Dennis Lehane, and Snoop Dogg had expressed their fandom for the show, with a hint of potential involvement from David Bowie in the third series. |
| January 22 2016 | Filming for series 3 was completed after 78 days of shooting. |
| October 5 2015 | Official Peaky Blinders Twitter account announced the start of filming for series 3. |
| November 2014 | Netflix launched series 2 of Peaky Blinders. |
| October 2014 | Second series of Peaky Blinders was broadcast, continuing the story of the crime drama series. |
| September 30 2014 | The entire first series of Peaky Blinders became available for streaming on Netflix. |
| September 24 2014 | Netflix acquired exclusive US distribution rights for Peaky Blinders from the Weinstein Company and Endemol. |
| January 11 2014 | Auditions were held in Digbeth, Birmingham for white and mixed race teenage male extras for the second series, attracting lengthy queues of potential actors. |
| 2013 | Peaky Blinders television series first premiered, launching the period crime drama set in Birmingham. |
| September 12 2013 | Peaky Blinders television series premiered on BBC Two, created by Steven Knight and featuring an ensemble cast led by Cillian Murphy as Tommy Shelby. |
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