First trailer released for Peaky Blinders series five

First trailer released for Peaky Blinders series five

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Wednesday, 31st July 2019
Peaky Blinders (Credit: BBC)
Peaky Blinders (Credit: BBC)

BBC has released the first trailer for the fifth installment of the much-loved crime drama Peaky Blinders.

Tommy Shelby (Cillian Murphy) is now MP for Birmingham South following the defeat of the Italian Changretta family at the end of season four.  

Series five sees the world thrown into turmoil by the 1929 financial crash and the rise of fascism in Birmingham and beyond.

Life for Shelby and his family is far from smooth sailing, as Shelby’s mental state starts to deteriorate further and he enters the murky waters of politics.

Familiar faces Paul Anderson (Arthur Shelby), Finn Cole (Michael Gray), Sophie Rundle (Ada Thorne) and Helen McCrory (Polly Gray) are set to return.

They will be joined by new cast members Sam Claflin (Hunger Games), Emmett J Scanlan (Hollyoaks), Anya Taylor-Joy (The Minaturist) and Brian Gleeson (The Bisexual). 

Claflin plays fascist politician Sir Oswald Mosley, who goes head-to-head with Shelby and later becomes the leader of the British Union of Fascists.

The series – created by Steven Knight – is set in the late 1920s and has made a switch from BBC One to BBC Two.

With huge popularity both in the UK and in the US, there is even talk of a spin-off film

Series one to four are currently available to watch on BBC iPlayer and series five will premiere on Sunday 25th August at 9pm on BBC One.

Watch the new trailer below:

 

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BBC has released the first trailer for the fifth installment of the much-loved crime drama Peaky Blinders.