BBC One confirms Peaky Blinders transmission date

We’ve known for a while that series of five of Peaky Blinders is just around the corner.

Now we know exactly when it’s going to happen, and the Beeb has given it a primetime slot.

By order of the #PeakyBlinders, we hereby inform you that the Shelbys are back in business from Sunday 25th August, 9pm, on @BBCOne and @BBCiPlayer. pic.twitter.com/5YYzI2HtJG

— BBC One (@BBCOne) August 8, 2019

Peaky Blinders fan art will also be used to promote the show’s fifth series across the BBC.

Submissions from more than 1,000 fans around the world were whittled down to 16, which have been commissioned by the show’s creators.

The commissions “are all about celebrating and giving recognition to the Peaky Blinders fans”, said Emma Brooke, from BBC Creative.

Series five of the Brummie period gangster show finds the world thrown into turmoil by the financial crash of 1929. Opportunity and misfortune are everywhere. When Tommy Shelby MP is approached by a charismatic politician with a bold vision for Britain, he realises that his response will affect not just his family’s future but that of the entire nation.