Which director handled Peaky Blinders series 4?

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David Caffrey directed Peaky Blinders series 4.

Caffrey is an Irish film and television director whose work includes the features Divorcing Jack, On the Nose and Grand Theft Parsons. He also directed episodes of television dramas including Love/Hate, Line of Duty and Prime Suspect 1973 before taking charge of the fourth Peaky Blinders series.

Series 4 was broadcast in 2017 and shifts the Shelby family’s conflict toward Luca Changretta and the New York Mafia. Caffrey directed all six episodes, giving the season a consistent visual approach as the story moves from the family’s Christmas crisis to its final confrontation.

Viewers commonly confuse the series directors because the show changed directors between seasons. Otto Bathurst and Tom Harper handled series 1, Colm McCarthy directed series 2, Tim Mielants directed series 3, and Anthony Byrne directed series 5 and 6. David Caffrey is specifically associated with series 4, not the surrounding seasons.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Sept. 2026

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