After waiting for almost two years for a new season, fans of Peaky Blinders can finally rejoice as season 5 is right around the corner. The critically acclaimed British crime drama is coming out at the end of August.

A quick recap

Peaky Blinders tells the story of a British gangster family in Birmingham, led by Thomas “Tommy” Shelby (played by Cillian Murphy) after the conclusion of World War I in the 1920s. Thomas, who is a decorated war veteran from the British Army, operates the Peaky Blinders gang under the guise of a bookmaking company with the help of his family. It all started with a slight misunderstanding of a robbery when a large cargo of guns and ammunition was stolen instead of some motorbike parts. This attracted some serious attention from British law enforcement and the Shelby family had to do something about it. Instead of cowering in fear though, Tommy decided to use this situation to his advantage. This lead to some confrontations between rival gangs, the police and an eventual conquering of Birmingham.

After that the Peaky Blinders gang set their sights on expanding beyond their hometown and into London. More family drama and confrontations ensue as Tommy gets together with Grace and promises to end his criminal ways. But that doesn’t last as gang wars escalate with Russians and The Economic League resulting in the death of Grace, leaving Tommy absolutely devastated. The third season ends with the Shelby family arrested except for Tommy himself. After spending six months in prison, the family is in disarray but is forced to begrudgingly reunite to face the threat of assassinations by the Changretta mafia. After some cunning back and forth between the two gangs, the Shelby family ends up victorious and for a short while Tommy takes a break, but the quiet life does not suit him well and Tommy ends up elected as a Member of Parliament. What this means for the future of the Peaky Blinders gang remains to be seen in season 5.

It should be noted that season 5 is not yet the final season of the series as the creator has mentioned that a couple more seasons are necessary to finish the story.

Initial release

Peaky Blinders will be available on the 25th of August on BBC One. It will have six episodes as all the previous seasons. Initially it will only be available in the UK on the BBC television channels and the BBC iPlayer. After the series concludes it will be transferred over to Netflix as well (since the previous seasons are already there). This means that fans of the show outside of the UK will have a difficult time viewing it once it releases. However there is a way to gain access to the show without resorting to piracy.

Watching BBC outside of the UK

First, you will need to purchase a VPN (virtual private network). There are quite a lot of options out there but here are a few recommendations that will do the trick.

NordVPN

NordVPN (75% discount, $2.99/month) has over 5000 servers worldwide and a large number of those servers are from the UK. It has a good track record of getting around geographical restrictions and the BBC iPlayer is no exception.

ExpressVPN

ExpressVPN (49% discount, $6.67/month) is offering 3 extra months of their service when buying their service for one year. They have more than 3000 servers in almost 100 different countries around the globe.

Surfshark

Surfshark (83% discount, $1.99/month) is a fairly new player on the VPN market and so far it has been making waves with its reliability and affordable prices .

The next step

Once you’ve chosen a VPN, the next step is to create a BBC account here. But before you do that you should connect to a server which is located in the UK. Each provider is different but it should be pretty straightforward regardless.

Connecting to the BBC iPlayer

With your newly created account you should gain full unrestricted access to the iPlayer, which has the entire BBC television library online — including Peaky Blinders.

And that’s it! Now you can have peace of mind knowing that you won’t miss out on the opportunity to see Peaky Blinders as soon as the new episodes come out.