1. Episode 1 (2014)
Business is booming for the Peaky Blinders, as Shelby starts expanding both his legal and illegal operations. He plans for the future, looking at managing a race track in the South. He soon comes across some new adversaries, testing him in very different ways. Back in Birmingham, Shelby's home town is challenged by members of his family reacting to the upturn in their fortunes. A enemy from his past also returns hoping to exact their plan of revenge of biblical proportions.
Release date: 2014-10-02
User rating:
8 / 10
114 votes
Season number: 2
Episode number: 1
Runtime: 59 minutes
Director: Colm McCarthy
Writer: Steven Knight
Guest stars
Tony Pitts
as Sergeant Moss
Ian Peck
as Curly
Ned Dennehy
as Charlie Strong
Harry Kirton
as Finn Shelby
Jordan Bolger
as Isaiah Jesus
Jane Wood
as Medium
James Boyland
as Communist Comrade
Tom Mothersdale
as Sabini Kidnap Gangster
Richard McCabe
as Winston Churchill
Daniel Fearn
as King Maine
Dorian Lough
as Mario
Paul McEwan
as Governor
Rory Keenan
as Donal
Simone Kirby
as Irene O'Donnell
Aimee-Ffion Edwards
as Esme Shelby
Cast
Cillian Murphy
as Thomas Shelby
Paul Anderson
as Arthur Shelby
Joe Cole
as John Shelby
Helen McCrory
as Polly Gray
Sophie Rundle
as Ada Shelby
Natasha O'Keeffe
as Lizzie Stark
Annabelle Wallis
as Grace Burgess
Finn Cole
as Michael Gray
Tom Hardy
as Alfie Solomons
Noah Taylor
as Darby Sabini
Sam Neill
as Major Chester Campbell
Rest of guest stars - click here to expand
Colin Connor - Black Lion Barman, Harrison Vaughan - Black Lion Boy, Sam Battersea - Woman at Seance, Alastair Barley - Eden Club Doorman, Rory Gallagher - Eamonn Duggan