Peaky Blinders is a stylish BBC commissioned show set in 1920s Birmingham, about Tommy Shelby (Cillian Murphy) a gangster with a heart, nerve and temperament as cold as his steely blue eyes. His gang, deputized by his family, are a bunch of hard-nut scrappers of Roma/Irish traveller descent. The gang are notorious for sewing razor blades into the peaks of their flat caps. These are used to slash at the faces and eyes of rivals, hence the name the Peaky Blinders.

 In the UK the show is set to release its fourth season in 2017. US audiences are one season behind the UK with the first two seasons available on Netflix. The third season will be debuting on Netflix for an international audience.

Peaky Blinders Season 4 

The fourth season of Peaky Blinders is due out in late 2017, but no solid dates have yet been chosen for its release. It will first be released on the BBC in the UK, it will then be released in all likelihood the following year on Netflix.

Filming is under way with shots of the sets released online. You can find a whole host of pictures on the Birmingham Mail site.

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Judging by the shots it looks as though the majority of the gang is back together, obviously minus youngest brother John Shelby who was locked up at the end of Season 3.

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Peaky Blinders Season 3 

For those unfortunate enough not to get the BBC series as it airs on terrestrial TV, season 3 will be hitting Netflix on May 31 2017.

You can watch the Netflix Original trailer for it below (the video is disabled in the UK):

Season 3 sees the boys back at it. Tommy is fresh-faced, having cheated death in the finale of season 2 and is living a life of luxury in a mansion in the Midlands countryside. The first episode opens with a marriage. But to whom?

Peaky Blinders Cast

The cast is pretty big with a lot of hangers-on to the Shelby boys. Not to mention the other gangs and groups of police on either side of the law.

Tommy Shelby - Cillian Murphy

Leader of the Peaky Blinders gang. Tommy plays the cooler-than-you middle brother whose sharp mind and piercing eyes mark him apart from the rest. It is heavily implied that having served in the Great War he returned a markedly different man. His time in the trenches is extremely formative to him and shapes the man he is in the series.

Polly Gray - Helen McCrory

Aunt Polly is the matriarch of the Shelby family. She also acts as the main advisor to Tommy on business matters, often preaching a less violent and more measured approach to business. Not that it has much effect. She successfully ran the family when the boys were at war.

Arthur Shelby - Paul Anderson 

Arthur is the eldest Shelby boy, but never showed the mental fortitude required to lead the gang. This lead to a peaceful and bloodless coup, that saw Tommy assume control with barely a harsh word spoken. He is the typical hot headed brother with a taste for booze and cocaine. He initially struggles with memories of the war and the fact he is not the head of the family, but eventually comes to terms with his bruiser role. In later series he finds a good wife and God, both of which conflict with his line of work.

John Shelby - Joe Cole

Younger than Tommy, John was the youngest of the brothers to serve in the war. He’s the pretty boy youngster who’s got his heart in the right place but doesn’t share the stone cold nutter or ruthless tactician character types that tipify his elder brothers.

Alfie Solomons - Tom Hardy 

Tom Hardy (who also starred in another BBC series Taboo)  is at his method best, playing psycho Jewish gang leader Alfie Solomons, based in North London. He and the Peaky Blinders come to an uncomfortable and volatile truce in order to take on the dominant Italian gang of London.

Peaky Blinders Haircut

A lot has been made of the Peaky Blinders’ haircuts. Sharp, contrasting and bold would be the three best ways to describe them. They have taken short back and sides to the extreme. If you want to find out more about the haircuts watch the video below.

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