How many days of shooting did Peaky Blinders series 3 take?

Filming Peaky Blinders series 3 took 78 days.

Production on the third series began in October 2015 and finished on 22 January 2016, after 78 days of shooting. The season ultimately premiered on BBC Two in May 2016 and continued the show’s mixture of period crime drama, political intrigue and family conflict.

The 78-day figure refers to production shooting, not the entire period from commissioning to broadcast. Filming is only one stage of television production: scripts, casting, location preparation, editing, sound, music and visual finishing all take additional time. That distinction explains why a six-episode season can require several months of work even when the camera crew is not filming every day.

Series 3 expanded the world beyond the Shelby family’s Birmingham base. Tommy becomes involved with aristocratic society and a plot connected to Russian émigrés, while the family’s business ambitions grow more dangerous. The production also used locations across England, including Liverpool and Yorkshire, which often stood in for different parts of the story’s historical setting.

The show’s six-episode structure remained consistent across its run, but production schedules varied between series.