Michael Gray

Peaky Blinders is a British period crime drama television series created by Steven Knight. Set in Birmingham, it follows the exploits of the Peaky Blinders crime gang in the direct aftermath of the First World War. The fictional gang is loosely based on a real urban youth gang by the same name, who were active in the city between the 1880s and the 1910s. The programme premiered on 12 September 2013. It was broadcast on BBC Two, with repeats on BBC Four, until the fourth series. It then moved to BBC One for the fifth and sixth series.