Artistic tribute to late Helen McCrory by the the team of Peaky Blinders

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Peaky Blinders is a British crime drama television series created by Steven Knight. It is set in Birmingham, England, and shows the unjust rule of the Shelby crime family. The family is based on an urban youth gang that exploited the people of the post-WW-1 world.

The first four seasons of the show were released on BBC Two while the fifth was released on BBC One. The first season of the show came out on September 12, 2013. The show has won the hearts of many. It is still popular until this date. The show running successfully until the fifth season with its sixth season being filmed itself proves its success story.

The show also managed to win a lot of awards due to its amazing cast and a great storyline. Among all, the BAFTA TV Awards for Drama Series in 2018 was a great success for the show. The show was running under BBC Networks until Netflix made a deal with Weinstein Company and Endemol, who had acquired the rights to release Peaky Blinders in the United States and around the world.

How many seasons and episodes have been released until now?

The show with a huge amount of positive response from viewers all around the globe and with a massive profit has made it successfully to the fifth season of the show with a total of 30 episodes. Each episode running for a time span of about 55-65 minutes. Peaky Blinders Season 6 has been filmed. But the chances of release this year are quite low as the work is already running slow due to the present pandemic situation which has caused a mess worldwide.

Tribute to late Helen McCrory in an artistic way by the team

One of the stars of the show, Helen McCrory passed away last Friday which hit the team with shock. With the filming of the sixth season currently running, the death of Helen who played the role of Polly for the first five seasons is extremely devastating. The team paid a heartwarming tribute to her and bid her final goodbye.

Season 6 Director, Anthony Byrne wrote on Instagram:

This caption and the image with it made the fans of the show emotional. The fans of Peaky Blinders shall always remember Helen as Polly Gray for her incredible work in the series.