{"id":23216,"date":"2022-10-05T14:09:53","date_gmt":"2022-10-05T12:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1716583"},"modified":"2022-10-05T14:44:15","modified_gmt":"2022-10-05T12:44:15","slug":"peaky-blinders-boss-thought-long-and-hard-about-how-to-end-series","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/peaky-blinders-boss-thought-long-and-hard-about-how-to-end-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Peaky Blinders boss \u2018thought long and hard\u2019 about how to end series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Patrick Cremona\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Wednesday, 05 October 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Six months have come and gone since <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/peaky-blinders-season-six-release-date\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Peaky Blinders<\/a> aired its final ever episode on BBC One \u2013 and now show boss Steven Knight has been reflecting on the end of the drama.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking exclusively to <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">RadioTimes.com<\/a>\u00a0to discuss the new dance theatre show <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/peaky-blinders-dance-show-tv-broadcast-exclusive-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Peaky Blinders: The Redemption of Thomas Shelby<\/a>, Knight revealed he was \u201creally pleased\u201d with how the finale had turned out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen it\u2019s the last television series, I think there\u2019s become a sort of trend \u2013 the last series fails, the last series lets it down,\u201d he explained. \u201cAnd I really didn\u2019t want that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo I did think long and hard about how it went out. And what I really wanted to do is to not have anyone second guess what was going to happen. As soon as I thought somebody would click, I thought, \u2018Well, we can\u2019t do that!\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I think it succeeded. So yeah, I mean, the response has been great and continues to be in America \u2013 where still people are discovering the show through series 6.\u201d<\/p> <p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"\/\/ticketmaster-uk.tm7559.net\/c\/1236178\/431519\/7559?subId1=radiotimes-0&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.co.uk%2Fpeaky-blinders-the-redemption-of-thomas-shelby-tickets%2Fartist%2F5373578&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;sponsored&quot; noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Peaky Blinders: The Redemption of Thomas Shelby \u2013 book tickets<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><p>The final episode included something of a last-minute twist, and Knight revealed that he was delighted it seemed to take most viewers by complete surprise.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople normally would be the first to say [\u2018I saw it coming\u2019], but no one did,\u201d he said. \u201cBecause even I didn\u2019t know!\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--full=\"\" 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href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/movies\/peaky-blinders-movie-script-ww2-stories-exclusive-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">almost finished the script<\/a>, explaining that a shooting schedule was now in place for filming the feature.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Peaky Blinders: The Redemption of Thomas Shelby runs from 12th October to 6th November 2022 at Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre \u2013 <a href=\"\/\/ticketmaster-uk.tm7559.net\/c\/1236178\/431519\/7559?subId1=radiotimes-0&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.co.uk%2Fpeaky-blinders-the-redemption-of-thomas-shelby-tickets%2Fartist%2F5373578&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;sponsored&quot; noopener noreferrer\">tickets are on sale now<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Peaky Blinders seasons 1-6 are available to watch on\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/iplayer\/episodes\/b045fz8r\/peaky-blinders&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; 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For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to the\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/podcasts\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Radio Times podcast<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0with Jane Garvey.<\/strong><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Patrick Cremona Published: Wednesday, 05 October 2022 at 12:00 am Six months have come and gone since Peaky Blinders aired its final ever episode on BBC One \u2013 and now show boss Steven Knight has been reflecting on the end of the drama. 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