Though Peaky Blinders is currently airing on the BBC in the UK, North American audiences have to wait until the start of October to see the fifth season on Netflix. The streaming service has released a new trailer for the show’s latest season which stars Cillian Murphy (Dunkirk) as crime lord Tommy Shelby in the midst of the 1929 financial crisis. Watch the trailer below…
“Series five of Steven Knight‘s crime family saga finds the world thrown into turmoil by the financial crash of 1929. Opportunity and misfortune are everywhere. When Tommy Shelby MP (Cillian Murphy) is approached by a charismatic politician with a bold vision for Britain, he realizes that his response will affect not just his family’s future but that of the entire nation.”
Peaky Blinders series 5 features returning cast members Cillian Murphy, Helen McCrory, Paul Anderson, Sophie Rundle, Finn Cole, Kate Phillips, Natasha O’Keefe, Aidan Gillen, Jack Rowan, Charlie Murphy, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Harry Kirton, Packy Lee, Ned Dennehy, Ian Peck and Benjamin Zephaniah alongside new additions Sam Claflin (Adrift), Brian Gleeson (Phantom Thread), Anya Taylor-Joy (Split), Elliot Cowan (Krypton), Neil Maskell (Kill List), Kate Dickie (Star Wars: The Last Jedi), Cosmo Jarvis (Lady Macbeth), Emmett J. Scanlan (The Fall), Charlene McKenna (Ripper Street), Andrew Koji (Warrior) and Daryl McCormack (Vikings).
Peaky Blinders season 5 will premiere on Netflix on October 4th.
Originally published September 20, 2019. Updated September 19, 2019.
