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Why did Tommy call Esme Shelby? ›

By the end of season six episode two though, the fever was back and Ruby was hearing voices, coughing blood, and haunted by a Grey Man she said was coming for her and Tommy. That, plus his own seizures and Grey Man hallucinations, was enough to make Tommy place that call to Esme.

Cillian Murphy has revealed how he mastered a Brummie accent for his lead role as Tommy Shelby on Peaky Blinders. The 45-year-old actor admitted that he recorded pub goers in Birmingham, together with the show's creator Steven Knight, to convincingly turn his Cork accent into that of a Peaky Blinder.

Parents need to know that Peaky Blinders is a drama of uncommon quality, but it's not for kids.

The BBC's Peaky Blinders found some love at the BAFTAs, but despite its popularity among American audiences, it never earned a nomination at the Emmys.

Bethany gave it to her sister Evadne, who in turn hung it around the neck of her daughter Connie. She began to cough, and died that night. Evadne duly laid a curse for when Tommy's own daughter turned seven, so he'd know how it felt.

He also offers payment to Esme in order to find the mother. Esme wants gold though, given that money is uncertain and can lose value at any moment. And of course, Tommy knows exactly where to find it.

Alfie Solomons, Tom Hardy

His Peaky accent is probably one of the most similar to real life. And, in case you didn't know it, he's married to Charlotte Riley who played wealthy widow and horse trainer May in series two, four and five of Peaky Blinders.

The mistake here though is that the language spoken is Romanian, not Romani, a gypsy language. There is a large difference between the two. However, the producers corrected this in Series 3 by changing from Romanian to Romani.

Much of Peaky Blinders was filmed in England's northwest, primarily in the city of Liverpool. That's right: despite being set in Birmingham, the majority of Peaky Blinders filming locations are actually located 100 miles north in Liverpool and Manchester.

Tommy and others are seen smoking Opium throughout the series as a coping mechanism. Over 5000 cigarettes were smoked on the show. Characters drink frequently onscreen, become drunk, and act violent and clumsy. One character has an opium habit, and a 10-year-old child smokes a cigarette onscreen.

Who was the Russian at Tommy's wedding? ›

Two years later, in 1924, Tommy and Grace get married. Meanwhile, a refugee from Russia, named Anton Kaledin (Richard Brake), makes contact with the Peaky Blinders, offering the code "Constantine" as confirmation for the money-exchange meeting with Grand duch*ess Tatiana Petrovna (Gaite Jansen).

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A big reason for season 4 being the best of Peaky Blinders is the emergence of a villain who truly puts Tommy and the others on the ropes when Mobster Luca Changretta (Adrien Brody) shows up in Birmingham to get revenge for the murder of his father at the hands of Blinders.

He won the Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Screen Actors Guild Award, and Golden Globe Award for his performance as physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer in Christopher Nolan's biographical thriller film Oppenheimer (2023).

They held "control" for 30 years until 1920, when a larger gang, the Birmingham Boys, led by Billy Kimber, overtook them. Although they had disappeared by the 1920s, the name "Peaky Blinders" became synonymous slang for any street gang in Birmingham.

Tommy Shelby in 'Peaky Blinders'

In Season 2, Esme suggests to Thomas that the family should ride away, causing him to get angry with her.

Played by Aimee-Ffion Edwards, Esme is the widow of Tommy's late brother John Shelby.

In the world of Peaky Blinders, it's been ten years since we last saw Esme Shelby Lee, the gypsy widow of John Shelby. Played by Aimee-Ffion Edwards, Esme left Birmingham in a fury after John was shot dead by the New York mafia in the gang's war with the Changrettas. In season six, she's coming back.

Tommy named his racehorse Grace's Secret after his wife Grace.