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5th October 2018
04:10pm BST

In an interview with the Birmingham Mail, Steven Knight revealed that the new season will be set in the 1930s.
"We are going into the 30s now. There is so much stuff happening, so why not finish the job? The depression and the rise of fascism form part of the storyline. It is setting those things up. In the 30s across Europe and Britain there was the rise of fascism," he said.
Aside from this, it's also possible to form a bigger picture of the plot when you combine Knight's quotes with a previous interview that Paul Anderson (Arthur) gave to The Metro,
Anderson said that Tommy's new political power will see his criminal empire and influence expanding.
Tommy's new political position as a Labour MP: "gives Arthur and his family more power. Tommy is in a position of power, and he can only get stronger in that position," said Anderson.
He adds: "So we’ll all have more cover, we’ll have more opportunity and more protection. And by protection, I mean by society and the police and so on. We’ll be able to get away with things under the guise of, “we’re politicians, we’re respectable”. But we’ll be able to manipulate things more. Arthur will be even more Arthur. So it will be a lot of fun."
Season 5 of Peaky Blinders is due for air on the BBC in 2019.
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