Peaky Blinders season 6 was first planned to launch in 2021, but the chaos wrought on the entertainment industry puts that release window at risk - filming may not resume until 2021. Either way, the original plan was for five series, so we should at least count ourselves lucky that we'll get to enjoy more of the Shelby gang and their violent shenanigans with season 6. The wait will be hard, though: apparently the upcoming scripts are "f**king good."
Before the shocking fifth season, each series tended to be self-contained, but the cliffhanger ending to season 5 really threw a fascist-bothering spanner in the works. We're not sure how the Peaky Blinders season 6 story will address Mosley's near miss at the hands of Tommy at one of his far right rallies, but we've got plenty of time to speculate, at least.
But if you haven't got that far yet, you've got plenty of time to catch up with the show on BBC iPlayer in the UK and Netflix internationally. But, also, beware spoilers for seasons 1 to 5 as we go into everything we know about Peaky Blinders season 6.
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Peaky Blinders season 6 release date: 2021?
An announcement on Peaky Blinders Season 6. pic.twitter.com/g1vEnpi8bUMarch 16, 2020
As with many shows worldwide, Peaky Blinders has been impacted by Covid-19. Speaking to Digital Spy, director Anthony Byrne explained that the original plan was for filming to start in March 2020 and finishing the 78-day shoot in July.
That, naturally, didn't happen, and even though the UK government relaxed the general restrictions on television and film production, Peaky Blinders may continue filming on January 2021. "In an ideal world it would be great to be prepping again towards the end of the year with a view to start shooting early next year. That feels achievable, whether that's true or not, I have no idea," Byrne said.
So the Peaky Blinders season 6 release date remains uncertain, but with "another six months of editing" on top, that may mean the next season arrives as late as 2022. Whatever the release date is, Netflix subscribers will likely have to wait just for over a month after Peaky Blinders season 6's BBC premiere, which is how season 5 was released.
Peaky Blinders season 6: what we know about the story and returning cast
"What can you tell me about Series 6?"@samclaflin and director Anthony Byrne join @Laurence_Moza for Obsessed With #PeakyBlinders, on BBC Sounds 🎧👉 https://t.co/eNACmYkRCk pic.twitter.com/8KIBswy3cWSeptember 24, 2019
Expect to see some familiar faces tying up the dramatic loose ends of Tommy's failed assassination of Sir Oswald Mosely. Speaking of the slimy Blackshirts founder, we know from BBC Sounds' pod that Sam Claflin is back and the first episode is called 'Black Day'.
We don't know much more about the official cast besides Claflin, but expect to see Cillian Murphy return as Tommy, plus the other usual Shelby suspects. While we did leave him rather distressed in a field with a gun to his head at the end of season 5, our money's on him living to fight another day.
His troubles also trigger the ethereal apparitions of his dead wife, Grace Shelby, so we'll likely see Annabelle Wallis again, too. Less clear is whether Tom Hardy will reappear as Alfie Solomons, following his miraculous season 5 return after being shot in the head in series 4.
But what of Michael's mysterious partner Gina (Anya Taylor-Joy)? Were the scheming couple behind the assassination's failure? Michael's bid to take charge of Shelby Company Ltd certainly raises suspicion around them. Regardless, we do know we'll be meeting more of Gina's family in season 6.
Byrne told GQ in August 2019 that, "Gina, and whoever her family are, will make themselves known, Oswald Mosley and some people around him and his world." It's looking like the murky machinations of the interwar elite will become clearer in the next season, but when it comes to Gina, specifically, "there's a lot to be revealed about her next series. She's a player, she's a manipulator. She's part of a wider plan," Byrne says.
Byrne also confirmed Stephen Graham's future involvement in Peaky on the Obsessed With… Peaky Blinders pod, too.
World War II will start to loom over the story in season 6. "Because of the nature of the decade, the 1930s, we know what happened at the end – that war began. There are rumblings and rumors of war and that is overshadowing the whole thing. It makes it all the more... the stakes are higher," Knight told the Press Association.
When it comes to Billy (Emmett J. Scanlan), who may or may not have been the person who betrayed Tommy and the gang at the end of season 5, Scanlan said to Digital Spy that he hopes, if Billy was the rat, that he stands up to the Blinders in future. He also mentioned that the season 6 scripts are "so f**king strong. It won't disappoint, I promise you. Steven is a master."
Five seasons in, Peaky Blinders remains an essential drama
Peaky Blinders is a rare thing: a UK prestige drama that has the cachet of bigger US shows. No wonder more and more big names are showing up in every season. In the UK, the viewing figures for new episodes have tripled since the show began – don't be surprised if season 6 isn't the last we'll see of the Shelbys.
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