What date is Black Star Day in Peaky Blinders series 1?

Black Star Day in Peaky Blinders series 1 is 3 December 1919.

The date marks the planned showdown at the Worcester Races, where Thomas Shelby and the Peaky Blinders intend to seize control of Billy Kimber’s betting pitches. The event becomes the culmination of the first series’ story, linking Tommy’s ambitions in horse-race betting with his escalating conflict against Kimber.

The date is part of the drama’s fictional chronology rather than a real historical observance. Series 1 is set in Birmingham in the aftermath of the First World War, and its storyline mixes real figures and locations with invented criminal events. The Worcester Races sequence is therefore best understood as an in-universe milestone.

A common mix-up is confusing Black Star Day with later dates in the show. Series 2 ends on Derby Day, 31 May 1922, while series 1 begins in 1919. Those dates belong to different turning points in the Shelby family’s rise.