Peaky Blinders Season 5 Premiere Date and First Look Photos

The epic gangster family series Peaky Blinders is back for a fifth season starting October 4, and Netflix has released the first round of photos, which you can check out in the gallery below!

Peaky Blinders is set in the lawless streets of Birmingham as it tracks the evolution of leader Tommy Shelby (Cillian Murphy) from backstreet crime lord to legitimate businessman and member of parliament. This new season finds the world thrown into turmoil by the financial crash of 1929. When Tommy Shelby MP is approached by a charismatic politician with a bold vision for Britain, he realizes that his response will impact not only the future of his family but that of the entire nation.

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Along with Murphy, some of the returning cast members include Helen McCrory (Skyfall) as Polly Gray, Paul Anderson (The Revenant) as Arthur Shelby, Sophie Rundle (Bodyguard) as Ada Thorne (Shelby), and poet/musician Benjamin Zephaniah as Jeremiah Jesus. New cast members include Anya Taylor-Joy (The Witch) as Gina Gray, Brian Gleeson (Phantom Thread) as Jimmy McCavern, Neil Maskell (In Darkness) as Winston Churchill, Kate Dickie (The Witch) as Mother Superior, and Cosmo Jarvis (Lady Macbeth) as Barney.

Peaky Blinders season 5 will be directed by Anthony Byrne (In Darkness), which you can check out October 4 on Netflix.