The BBC crime drama returns in style for its sixth and final season
By Abby Robinson | Radio Times | February 22, 2022
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Peaky Blinders Season 6: Helen McCrory Tribute is a Triumph
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The Women of Peaky Blinders
“In Birmingham, the women rule the roost.”
By BBC.co.uk | February 22, 2022
When Steven Knight came to populate the world of Peaky Blinders he didn’t have to invent strong, female characters.
“Having come from a working-class background, and in Birmingham, the women run the show. It was never a question of saying, ‘I’m going to deliberately put some strong women in it…’ It was more like, ‘just look out the window,’ you know, ‘look at what really is happening.’”
During the First World War, he points out, when the men were away, “women did everything.” And so when the men came back – the jumping off point for Peaky Blinders – that wasn’t going to just stop.
“The idea that you’d have this environment where the women were completely subservient?” Knight says. “Nonsense. No, it wasn’t like that. And it isn’t like that. So it’s just a question of reflecting reality.”
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Peaky Blinders’ Natasha O’Keeffe speaks of ‘spiritual’ connection with late Helen McCrory
Natasha O’Keeffe opens up on how she “talked to” the late Helen McCrory on-set of the new BBC series, after she passed away
The untimely death of British actress Helen McCrory, left the nation shocked, after she lost her battle with cancer last April at the age of just 52. Fans, her loved ones and the cast of Peaky Blinders are all still grieving the terrible loss, with Natasha O’Keeffe revealing she sometimes found herself talking to her on-set of the latest series.
Helen, who played Aunt Polly in the hit BBC drama, won’t appear in the new season but creator Steven Knight, reassured fans they’ll see a tribute to the late actress.