Peaky Blinders creator explains how brutal Tommy Shelby betrayal will play out in season 6
PEAKY Blinders' fifth season ended with someone betraying gang boss Tommy Shelby, but the show's creator is remaining tight-lipped about who it might be.
Tommy played by Cillian Murphy had his plans completely unraveled by the betrayer after his ploy to assissinate fascist MP Oswald Mosley went awry.
Season five ended on Tommy's plans fell apart when a masked assailant killed sniper Barney and Tommy's uncle-in-law Aberama Gold at a British Union of Fascists, where Mosley was addressing a crowd.
Peaky Blinders' creator Steven Knight said fans would have to wait for the hotly anticipated season six to find out who the masked culprit was.
Speaking during during 's live watchalong, Steven said: “So now we’re into the part where people still ask and are asking me still, who intervened and what happened. I can’t tell you and you’ll have to find out.
"It’s all part of the trajectory of Tommy Shelby. Where his plans work, until they don’t and then he’s pulled back, always pulled back to where he’s from.
"The original question I asked before I started writing Peaky, can someone with Tommy Shelby’s background in Britain, his upbringing, in Britain, in particular, can they ever escape who they were? Can they ever become accepted or respectable? Or is it a hopeless task?"
Steven added: "I’ve wanted to explore that for the whole series and hopefully answer that question at the very end. When we get to the very end.
"If we get to the very end. He’s living in a big house, he has all that money, is he the same as he ever was?"
He finished by saying he would not divulge any of next season's secrets.
"And no, I’m not going going to say what happens next, but the next series is written, apologies for the delay for obvious reasons, due the lockdown, but we will be back. More, more, more to come in all sorts of areas with Peaky."
Peaky Blinders season six cast and crew members have been given the green light to return to filming the next instalment of the BBC series.
But fans must expect some big changes as the drama must adhere to government social distancing guidelines
Filming in Manchester halted on day 23 of a 78-day shoot thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, it has now been given the go ahead after Boris Johnson eased some lockdown restrictions on May 10.
New guidelines state: "All workers who cannot work from home should travel to work if their workplace is open.”
For Tommy Shelby's actor Cillian Murphy and Aunt Polly star Helen McCrory, they will have to "maintain a two-metre distance from others, and wash their hands regularly."
Updating viewers on how the series will go ahead with filming, The Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport said: “The government is working closely with the screen sector to understand how different types of productions can comply with social distancing guidelines, and give confidence to people in the TV and film industries that there are safe ways in which they can return to work."
A release date is yet to be confirmed by the BBC for the next instalment of Peaky Blinders, but once the series has aired on the BBC, it will be available on Netflix six months later.
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Series director Anthony Byrne also told fans that there will be another time jump close to the start of World War II.
He confirmed the Garrison Lane pub was getting an overhaul and a new look.
The show's creator has also promised the sixth season of Peaky Blinders will be one of its "best yet".
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