We Finally Know When the Peaky Fookin Blinders Hit Netflix
It may come as some surprise to American viewers to learn that Peaky Blinders season 6—the final season we’ve spent over two years and too many Thomas-Shelby-inspired lockdown haircuts to count, just, waiting for—has finally aired. Just not on American airwaves or streaming sites.
The final season of Peaky Blinders is currently airing weekly on the BBC and available on BBC iPlayer only to viewers living in the UK. So, unless you live overseas (or are savvy enough to download a VPN, though, we can’t actively encourage any such behavior), you’ll have to wait even longer to see how Thomas Shelby handles Oswald Mosley and all the other Nazis swarming Birmingham.
Season 5 ended with Shelby’s failed assassination plot on Mosley. He then walked into the fog toward an apparition of Grace, once again seeming to lose his mind. Season 6, we have learned, will begin exactly where the last one left off, here in this field.
Series writer and creator Steven Knight has long teased the final season. In 2019, back when he had planned to go seven seasons, he described the final season for Tommy. “[Season 7] will tell a different story, where Tommy Shelby—who begins as this nihilistic, looking-out only for his family person—will be redeemed, and he will become good,” Knight said.
Knight also said the show would end in 1939, almost twenty years after Shelby first rode through Birmingham to fix a horse race in season 1. He’ll be coming full circle, from one World War to the next.
Here’s when we’ll actually get to see it.
When Will ‘Peaky Blinders’ Season 6 Be on Netflix?
On Thursday, Netflix confirmed that season 6 will be available on their streaming service starting June 10. The company did note, however, that there was “one last deal to be done”—so make of that what you will.
The delay between the show’s BBC airing and its Netflix release is a bit longer than in previous seasons. The previous season came to Netflix in October 2019, just under two weeks after it finished airing in the UK. The season 6 finale is scheduled for Sunday, April 3, in the UK. So, the delay this time will be a full two months, an eternity in the age of internet spoilers.
What Is the 'Peaky Blinders' Release Schedule?
For those tuning in on the BBC, season 6 (or "series 6") releases every Sunday at 9 P.M. GMT. Here is the full release schedule.
Episode 1 – February 27
Episode 2 – March 6
Episode 3 – March 13
Episode 4 – March 20
Episode 5 – March 27
Episode 6 – April 4
What Will Season 6 Be About?
Season 6 will pick up directly after season 5, following Tommy's failed assassination attempt on Sir Oswald Mosley. Tommy will also have to deal with a mole inside the Shelby family, which seemed to tip off the assassination.
The season will be set in the 1930s, which saw England still reeling from the Great Depression. It will likely feature the rise of the Nazi party in Europe and the approach of the Second World War.
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