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Episode 2

Episode 2 of 6

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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Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

  • Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

    Red Right Hand

  • The Samphire Band

    Tough Call

  • The Raconteurs

    Blue Veins

  • The White Stripes

    The Hardest Button to Button

  • Nick Cave & Warren Ellis

    The Proposition #1

  • The White Stripes

    Black Math

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Vedi la Ma Guite Lo Stendo A Tel

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Lo Tenni La Promesca

  • Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

    Brother My Cup is Empty

  • The White Stripes

    Little Room

  • 00:18

    The White Stripes

    Hardest Button to Button

  • 00:28

    The White Stripes

    Black Math

  • 00:59

    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

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