Peaky Blinders season 5: First look photo and plot details As usual, Cillian Murphys gangster-turned-politician Tommy Shelby is not horsing around on Peaky Blinders - except in a first look image released to accompany the announcement that filming is underway on season 5 of the historical crime drama, which screens on Netflix. Written by Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight, the new season finds the world thrown into turmoil by the financial crash of 1929. The season 5 cast also includes Helen McCrory, Paul Anderson, Finn Cole, Kate Phillips, Natasha OKeefe, Aidan Gillen, Jack Rowan, Charlie Murphy, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Harry Kirton, Packy Lee, Ned Dennehy, Ian Peck, and Benjamin Zephaniah. The story of the Peaky Blinders and of the Shelby family gets woven into the political fabric of Britain and Europe as the 1920s end and the thirties begin, Knight says. Peaky Blinders creator defies anyone to guess whats going to happen in season 4