Helen McCrory, who starred as Tommy Shelby's aunt Polly Gray, passed away in April 2021 at the age of 52. Helen McCrory, who played Aunt Polly, passed away earlier this year. No announcements have yet been made about whether Byrne will return for the film to close out the series, or when filming for that could take place. So I felt more and more that I wanted to come back and finish this."
"I think previous series had very definite endings, whereas I think this series doesn't end that way. "I really had to think about it because it's a massive commitment to make, but it felt like this series is part one of two," he said, speaking about season five. 1gOToza7fM- Peaky Blinders January 18, 2021īefore the debut of season 5, Byrne told British GQ that while he had to think hard about returning for another season, ultimately he felt compelled to finish the story he started telling in season five. Photo taken by director Anthony Byrne during filming of series 5. Series 6 of #PeakyBlinders has begun filming. "That is what is going to happen."īack in 2018, Knight had told fans that they intended to do a seventh season and possibly more, saying "My ambition is to make it a story of a family between two wars, so I always wanted to end it with the first air raid siren in 1939." At that time, he was already enthusiastic about the possibility of a film, but said that he wouldn't "want to do it at the end, maybe between series." Clearly circumstances have changed those plans, with the announced film potentially taking the place of the previously planned seventh season.
But I can say that my plan from the beginning was to end Peaky with a movie," he told the publication. Rather than wrapping up the series with the sixth season, Knight said that the BAFTA-winning drama will continue "in another form," later confirming to Deadline that the show will conclude with a film. To the surprise of fans, in January show creator Steven Knight confirmed that season 6 will be the final season for Peaky Blinders-with a caveat. Here's everything we know so far about the upcoming season. "You’re following that through, but I can’t talk about that specifically."
"It carries through the arc of the season," the director said. A post shared by Anthony Byrne few days later, in a conversation with Digital Spy, Byrne also revealed that the first episode of the new season will be titled "Black Day"-an echo of the first episode of season five, which was titled "Black Tuesday."