ERT1 to broadcast Peaky Blinders and Downton Abbey

ERT1 is introducing a new prime-time foreign fiction programming block starting Monday, September 21, at 22:00. The broadcaster will air internationally acclaimed and award-winning productions in their entirety for the first time on the network.

The schedule begins with the British historical crime series ‘Peaky Blinders’, created by Steven Knight and starring Cillian Murphy. The series, which follows the rise of a gang in Birmingham in the aftermath of World War I, will air every Monday and Tuesday.

On Wednesday, September 23, the broadcaster will begin airing ‘Downton Abbey’, the award-winning British historical drama. Following these series, the network plans to broadcast other recognized titles, including ‘Black Mirror’, ‘Marie Antoinette’, ‘Bergerac’, ‘Fallen (Sanningen)’, ‘SAS: Rogue Heroes’, ‘Tin Star’, and ‘Signora Volpe’.