Tommy meets with Campbell and gives him an ultimatum: if the Peaky Blinders are left alone, he will return the guns if the Inspector interferes with his plans, Tommy will send the guns to the IRA and ruin Campbell's work in Belfast. In retaliation, Tommy arranges for a reporter to write about a burning of the King's picture, which prompts Churchill to pressure Campbell. Campbell confronts Polly and attacks all the Peaky Blinder establishments. Freddie and Ada escape, but Freddie has to leave town. Campbell's special force launches a surprise crackdown, targeting communists and looking for the guns. The Lees insult the Peaky Blinders and a fight breaks out. Tommy, Arthur and John meet with a rival Romanichal gang, the Lees, to look at a horse for the next race.

However, Danny's death is faked and he goes to London on a special assignment. To avoid a war with the Italians, Tommy agrees to kill Danny, with the Italians witnessing. Tommy's friend Danny has a PTSD episode and kills an Italian business owner. She has been placed in Birmingham by Campbell to help find the guns. A barmaid named Grace Burgess starts working at the Garrison, a bar owned by the Peaky Blinders. Tommy's sister Ada is involved with Freddie Thorne, a communist. Campbell propositions Arthur and the gang to work with him to find the guns.

Inspector Campbell and his men capture Arthur and beat him while inquiring about the gun robbery. His brother Arthur does not agree with Tommy about fixing horse races, believing it will cause trouble with Billy Kimber, who runs the races. Tommy's aunt Polly urges Tommy to return the guns, but he feels that he can use them to his advantage.

Winston Churchill sends Inspector Campbell to Birmingham to retrieve the guns. In 1919 following the Great War, the Peaky Blinders, led by Thomas 'Tommy' Shelby, a decorated former sergeant major, appropriate a consignment of guns from the local arms factory.

^ The average rating for the first two series have been calculated using 7-day viewing figures, while the ratings for the latter three series use 28-day viewing figures.Įpisodes Series 1 (2013) No.

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