Sam Neill as Chief Inspector/Major Chester Campbell (series 1–2), an Ulster Protestant policeman drafted from Belfast. TV and Film: Peaky Binders". The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Trust. Archived from the original on 5 November 2013 . Retrieved 13 September 2013. Stacey, Alison (11 January 2014). "Video: Hundreds queue for Peaky Blinders auditions in Birmingham". Birmingham Mail. Archived from the original on 13 January 2014 . Retrieved 11 January 2014. The Road to Hell - In the light of extraordinary personal revelations, Tommy takes a course of action that will change everything. Meanwhile, his enemies’ plans start to fall into place.

Ulster-born, New Zealand-raised Sam Neill enlisted the help of Northern Irish actors James Nesbitt and Liam Neeson to help him recover his lost Northern Irish accent for the role of C.I. Campbell. In the end, he had to tone down the accent since the series was marketed in the United States. [14] Series 2 [ edit ] Sam Neill plays Belfast detective in BBC gangster drama". BBC News. 19 October 2012. Archived from the original on 18 October 2013 . Retrieved 13 September 2013.Sapphire - Tommy establishes a connection between crime and political power that could alter the course of history. He also receives life-changing news from an unexpected source. I knew Eden, and as a callow 22-year-old, I didn't ask the 70-year-old Jessie about her relationships, let alone sex life. But I doubt her private life was as complicated or dramatic as her eponymous character's. Nor can I see any young woman during the 1920s gratuitously going into a gents' toilets, as Eden is shown doing, for any reason at all other than life or death. The social values of the programme are ahistorical. It is surely the conceit that Tommy Shelby, the gangster villain-hero of the series, could ever convince a woman like Eden to be wined and dined, let alone be seduced, that finally reveals the true motives of the creators of the programme. [55]

Turner is credited with the main cast in only one episode, Episode #6.1, and is credited as a guest star from Episode #6.4 - #6.6.Gold - Faced with devastating news, Tommy goes on a quest to discover who placed a curse on his family. In Birmingham, Ada takes charge, and Arthur takes on some new recruits. Gaite Jansen as Princess Tatiana Petrovna (series 3), a Russian princess who has an affair with Tommy. Extras: Language(s): English, Interactive Menu, Behind the Scenes, Bonus Footage, Documentaries: Series 3: 'Origins', 'Moving Up in the World', 'A Day in the Life', Series 4: 'Return to Watery Lane', 'The Peaky Blinder World', 'The Shoot Out', Making of Documentary, Four double-sided art cards

One of the biggest plot threads running through series 6 at the moment is the mystery of who the "grey man" and/or "the man with the green eyes" is/are, following the premonitions from Tommy Shelby's daughter Ruby. Review: Peaky Blinders (U.K. Blu-ray)". Cult TV Times. 22 October 2013. Archived from the original on 22 October 2014 . Retrieved 14 February 2014. The second series has the Peaky Blinders expand their criminal organisation in the "South and North while maintaining a stronghold in their Birmingham heartland". [5] It begins in 1921 and ends with a climax at Epsom racecourse on 31 May 1922, Derby Day. [6]James Eeles as "The Digbeth Kid" Harold Hancox (series 2), an aspiring actor hired by the Peaky Blinders to get stood up and spend a week inside jail, only to be killed by Sabini's henchmen. The BBC commissioned a fifth series in mid-2016. On 22 August 2018, it was confirmed that series 5 would be broadcast on BBC One. [24] [25] Having already premiered to a select audience at Birmingham Town Hall on 18 July 2019, the series began airing on BBC One on 25 August 2019. [26] Series 6 [ edit ]