Talk TV Blinder so far but has gang drama reached its Peak?
what they were good at in series one. Obviously all the characters are older and water’s gone under the bridge, but I see a lot of parallels to series one.” The characters might be older but that doesn’t necessarily mean they’re any wiser. Firebrand Arthur (Paul Anderson) continues to cause mayhem while matriarch aunt Polly (Helen Mccrory) tries to calm the waters.
The show has been a victim of its own success and movie and stage demands on its actors are such that its future is unclear.
But season five was commissioned at the same time as four so we have at least a dozen more action-packed episodes to look forward to. Writer Steven Knight remains optimistic Cast are in huge demand on stage and in movie world
and says he has plans for the gang to reach the 1920s period – including the General Strike in 1926 – and beyond.
He revealed: “I hope it does run and run all the way up to the Second World War, but it does get harder to get the cast together as the actors are being pulled into feature films.”
Peaky Blinders is on BBC2 on Wednesday at 9pm and will be available on Netflix once it’s aired.