Which 1929 stock-market crash day opens Peaky Blinders series 5?

Series 5 of Peaky Blinders opens on Black Tuesday, the 29 October 1929 stock-market crash day.

Black Tuesday was the date of the sharp Wall Street sell-off that followed Black Thursday on 24 October and Black Monday on 28 October. The crash becomes the immediate economic shock at the start of series 5: Michael Gray is in the United States when the market collapses, and the Shelby family learns that its investments have suffered heavy losses.

The financial disaster changes the story’s direction. Tommy Shelby and his relatives must reassess their legitimate business interests while facing new political and criminal threats. The season introduces the rise of Oswald Mosley as a major force in Tommy’s orbit and places the family in the tense atmosphere surrounding the Great Depression.

A common mix-up is treating Black Tuesday as the name of the whole 1929 crash. It usually refers specifically to 29 October, while the wider collapse unfolded over several trading days. In Peaky Blinders, “Black Tuesday” is also the title of series 5’s opening episode.