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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.

When a crate of guns goes missing, Thomas recognises an opportunity to move up in the world.

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57 minutes

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Sun 29 Nov 202001:35

BBC Four

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Role	Contributor
Thomas Shelby	Cillian Murphy
Insp Chester Campbell	Sam Neill
Aunt Polly	Helen McCrory
Arthur Shelby	Paul Anderson
Grace Burgess	Annabelle Wallis
Freddie Thorne	Iddo Goldberg
Ada Shelby	Sophie Rundle
John Shelby	Joe Cole
Charlie Strong	Ned Dennehy
Jeremiah Jesus	Benjamin Zephaniah
Mr Zhang	Lobo Chan
Finn Shelby	Alfie Evans-Meese
Harry Fenton	Neil Bell
Danny Whizz-Bang	Samuel Edward-Cook
Curly	Ian Peck
Sergeant Moss	Tony Pitts
Winston Churchill	Andy Nyman
Writer	Steven Knight
Producer	Katie Swinden
Director	Otto Bathurst

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