Episode 2
Crime drama set in 1919 Birmingham. Thomas Shelby fixes a horse race, angering local kingpin Billy Kimber. Inspector Campbell raids Small Heath in search of the stolen guns.
Birmingham, 1919. Thomas Shelby controls the Peaky Blinders, one of the city's most feared criminal organisations, but his ambitions go beyond running the streets.
Thomas fixes a horse race, provoking the ire of local kingpin Billy Kimber. He also starts a war with gypsy family the Lees. Meanwhile, Inspector Campbell carries out a vicious raid of Small Heath in search of the stolen guns.
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The Raid
Duration: 01:15
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Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Red Right Hand
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The Samphire Band
Tough Call
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The Raconteurs
Blue Veins
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The White Stripes
The Hardest Button to Button
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Nick Cave & Warren Ellis
The Proposition #1
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The White Stripes
Black Math
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Giacomo Puccini
Vedi la Ma Guite Lo Stendo A Tel
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Giacomo Puccini
Lo Tenni La Promesca
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Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Brother My Cup is Empty
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The White Stripes
Little Room
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The White Stripes
Hardest Button to Button
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The White Stripes
Black Math
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Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Red Right Hand
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Thomas Shelby | Cillian Murphy |
| Insp Chester Campbell | Sam Neill |
| Aunt Polly | Helen McCrory |
| Arthur Shelby | Paul Anderson |
| Freddie Thorne | Iddo Goldberg |
| Grace Burgess | Annabelle Wallis |
| Ada Shelby | Sophie Rundle |
| John Shelby | Joe Cole |
| Charlie Strong | Ned Dennehy |
| Roberts | David Dawson |
| Finn Shelby | Alfie Evans-Meese |
| Harry Fenton | Neil Bell |
| Johnny Dogs | Packy Lee |
| Curly | Ian Peck |
| Sergeant Moss | Tony Pitts |
| Winston Churchill | Andy Nyman |
| Writer | Steven Knight |
| Producer | Katie Swinden |
| Director | Otto Bathurst |
Broadcasts
Thu 19 Sep 201321:00BBC Two except Scotland & Wales- Sat 21 Sep 201321:00BBC Two Wales
- Tue 16 Sep 201423:25BBC Two except Northern Ireland & Scotland
- Tue 16 Sep 201423:50BBC Two Northern Ireland & Scotland only
- Sun 10 Dec 201701:45
- Fri 21 Jun 201902:00
- Sun 21 Jul 201901:50
- Tue 20 Aug 201923:00
- Wed 18 Sep 201902:00
- Fri 18 Oct 201902:00
- Sat 16 Nov 201901:30
- Sun 15 Dec 201902:00
- Sun 29 Nov 202002:30
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