Peaky Blinders is set mainly in 1919 through the early 1930s , starting right after World War I in Birmingham. The first season begins in 1919 , and later seasons move forward in time, with the story reaching around 1929 by Season 5 and into the early 1930s by Season 6.

Time period

  • Season 1: 1919 , just after World War I.
  • The series then advances in roughly two-year jumps across seasons.
  • By later seasons, the timeline reaches the 1920s and early 1930s.

In plain English

The show is basically a post-WWI Birmingham crime drama set during the social and economic chaos of the 1920s, with the Shelby family rising to power in that era.