Under its original plan, the acclaimed drama Peaky Blinders was set to wrap up after its fifth series of the show, that’s set to film later this year. Anthony Byrne will be directing the next run of episodes, but as had been widely suggested, they won’t be the final ones. Instead, the show’s creator – … >
As per the original plan, the brilliant Peaky Blinders was expected to draw to a close next year, with the broadcast of its fifth series. However, it now turns out that the rumours of more to come were true, with the show’s creator – Steven Knight – confirming that next year’s run won’t be the … >
Irish director Anthony Byrne has been named as the director for Peaky Blinders series 5. This is one of the few shows that maintains a strong directorial voice over the course of a season: Otto Bathurst and Tom Harper shared the episode load on series 1, Colm McCarthy shot every instalment of series 2, Tim Mielants helmed series … >
It was a very big year for the BBC’s iPlayer service, with the BBC announcing that on average 272 million programmes were streamed a month in 2017. Figures were up 11% on 2016, with 3.3 billion requests for programmes in total across the 12 months. Which is rather a lot. Furthermore, the BBC has also … >
Lots of shows start shedding ratings after a few series. That is blatantly not the cast, however, with Peaky Blinders. The fourth series of the show, that screened at the end of last year, is now revealed to have enjoyed record ratings. Debuting on BBC Two, the third season of the show averaged 3.3 million … >
A mix of good news and bad news following the dramatic conclusion to Peaky Blinders series 4. On the upside, the BBC has confirmed that there will indeed be a Peaky Blinders series 5. It’d be remiss to call this a massive surprise, given that the show’s creator, Steven Knight, had pretty much said this … >
With spoilers, here’s our review of the Peaky Blinders series 4 finale…
The terrific Peaky Blinders comes to the end of its fourth series tonight, following a run that’s really seen the show regain its footing. An explosive final episode is expected, and ahead of that, the BBC has been teasing what we can expect from it. For whilst it’s not giving away the ending, it’s released … >
In his (thoroughly excellent) book about the making of Doctor Who, ‘The Writer’s Tale’, Russell T Davies describes dialogue as ‘two monologues clashing’. ‘Everyone,’ he says, ‘is always, always thinking about themselves.’ And though that applies to every drama, it feels especially appropriate to Peaky Blinders, and especially this week. Everyone’s got an agenda, and … >
A little Tom Hardy goes a long way. So when he turns up at the end of this week’s Peaky Blinders to talk gin, piss, and boxing, he reminds you that it’s here, not in his own project Taboo, that Hardy really belongs. In the seven minutes of screen time he has he commands attention … >