British crime drama TV shows have always been a crowd favorite and that is exactly what Peaky Blinders season 7 is. With a massive fanbase, the crime drama series is actually loosely based on a real-life local youth gang named Peaky Blinders. The local urban youth gang was active and based in Birmingham, England in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, from the 1880s to the 1910s.
The epic takes us back to 1919, several months after the end of the devastating World War 1. The crime family of the show has mixed Irish Catholic and Romani origins and the show revolves around them and their ambitious crime boss named Tommy Shelby. Full of rich and diverse characters and the gangster world, Peaky Blinders gives us a sneak peek into the post-World War! a world where crime was rampant in the streets of Small Heath, Birmingham.
Peaky Blinders Season 7 Cast
The BBC crime drama boasts of an ensemble stellar cast which is led by the very talented actor Cillian Murphy, who plays the main role of Tommy Shelby. Some very talented actors and actresses portray the senior gang members in the show and make up for important characters in the cast, such as Helen McCrory who stars as Elizabeth “Polly” Gray, Paul Anderson who plays the role of Arthur Shelby, Sophie Rundle who stars as Ada Shelby and Joe Cole as John Shelby.
The gritty and thrilling crime drama also stars other iconic actors and actresses such as Sam Neill, Iddo Goldberg, Annabelle Wallis, Tom Hardy, Paddy Considine, Aidan Gillen, Stephen Graham, Adrien Brody, Anya Taylor-Joy, Sam Claflin, and Amber Anderson.
Peaky Blinders Season 7 Plot
Shelby and his family run the local gang, the most feared and powerful one in Small Heath, Birmingham 1919. The name of the gang, Peaky Blinders, comes from their tradition and practice of sewing razor blades into their cap peaks. The local gang has several illegal operations rampant in Birmingham, and they make money from illegal betting, the black market, and protection.
The show centers around this crime family and the crime lord Shelby, who has cunning ambitions to move up in the world and the materialistic ladder as he is not satisfied from merely the local crime. The aftermath of the WW1 leaves the family to carve out an empire and the ambition-driven Tommy wants to stretch their crime organization beyond Birmingham even though the usual head of the crime family is the oldest Arthur, as Tommy Shelby is the real brains behind their crime network.
When opportunity comes knocking at the door for Tommy when a crate of guns goes missing from an arms factory, he seizes it in the order to fuel and fulfill his powerful ambitions. Winston Churchill sends Major Chester Campbell to Birmingham to clean up the lawless city and recover the missing guns and it is then that this crime family comes to the attention of Chester; with rival gangs and IRA Fenians and Communist revolutionaries in the pursuit of the missing weapons as well.
The BBC series thus spans several seasons and shows how the Peaky Blinders expand their criminal network and organization through the years, with rival gangs, a whole lot of gritty drama, and the dangerous world of crime syndicates and gangsters. It spans from the end of WW1 to the onset of WW2, which serves as a backdrop for the series; i.e. from 1919 to 1933.
Peaky Blinders Season 7 Release Date
The BBC crime drama series as created and penned by the talented Steven Knight and consists of six seasons. It hit the television screens on 12 September 2013. Telecasted on BBC Two until the fourth season in the series and telecasted the repeats on BBC Four; moving to BBC one for the last two seasons- i.e. the fifth and the sixth season of the British crime drama.
Netflix also acquired the rights to release the show around the world under a deal with Weinstein Company and Endemol and the series was now free to be streamed on the famous OTT platform. Each season has millions of viewers and it is because of that, that the show boasts record-breaking fame.
The first season was followed by the second which was released on 2nd October 2014, followed by the third and fourth which premiered on 5t May 2016 and 15th November 2017 respectively. The last two seasons that is the fifth and the sixth seasons of the BBC show were released on 25th August 2019 and 27th February 2022 respectively. Each season consists of six episodes and each episode runs for a run-time of around 55 to 65 minutes.
Peaky Blinders Season 7 Reception
The BBC crime drama has managed to captivate the entire world. The interesting and intriguing storyline which follows the gangster crime family of the 1920s has managed to hook in a lot of viewers with the stellar acting and the direction. Critics have sung praises of the gritty drama, and viewers cannot seem to get enough of the Peaky Blinders of Birmingham. Full of action-packed drama and secrets, of betrayal and loyalty, and crime; the show has managed to keep the viewers on their toes with its diverse characters and intriguing plotline with a whole lot of plot twists and turns.
Peaky Blinders Season 7 News
The BBC crime drama series as created and penned by the talented Steven Knight and consists of six seasons. It hit the television screens on 12 September 2013. Telecasted on BBC Two until the fourth season in the series and telecasted the repeats on BBC Four; moving to BBC one for the last two seasons- i.e. the fifth and the sixth season of the British crime drama. Netflix also acquired the rights to release the show around the world under a deal with Weinstein Company and Endemol and the series was now free to be streamed on the famous OTT platform. Each season has millions of viewership and it is because of that, that the show boasts of record-breaking fame.
The first season was followed by the second which was released on 2nd October 2014, followed by the third and fourth which premiered on 5t May 2016 and 15th November 2017 respectively. The last two seasons that is the fifth and the sixth seasons of the BBC show were released on 25th August 2019 and 27th February 2022 respectively. Each season consists of six episodes and each episode runs for a run-time of around 55 to 65 minutes.
At the end of season 6, the finale wraps up the storyline with Tommy handing over his role in the family crime business after tying up loose ends to Ada (played by Sophie Rundle) and leaving for the wilderness. The fans were sad to see the iconic and dramatic end to an equally iconic and dramatic series. What did drive the nail to the coffin to mark an end for the series was the confirmation from Steven Knight that it won’t be followed by a seventh season, much to the widespread disappointment for the fans.
The main reason for this decision was quoted as, “The original intention was to do seven series, but COVID has stolen a year from us, and we felt what would be a great idea is to, almost in place of that seventh series, is to go onto the big screen.” This, coupled with the tragic death of the iconic actress Helen McCrory who plays Aunt Polly, one of the main characters in the series has resulted in the decision of the end of Peaky Blinders with season six and not seven.
Peaky Blinders Season 7 Trailer
The trailer for the Peaky Blinders Season 7 is not available yet, but we will soon update it as soon as it officially releases, until then you can enjoy the trailer for the season 6
Where to Watch Peaky Blinders Season 7?
However, the silver lining is that the fans can enjoy streaming the spinoff film of the series; which was announced back in January 2021. Fans can also binge-watch the series again on Netflix.
Also read Trying Season 3 and Supergirl Season 7
