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“Peaky Blinders” and a new record: the premiere of the sixth season was the most watched of the series

“Peaky Blinders”: The 6th season has already premiered in England and the release date in Latin America is still awaited. (BBC)

Peaky Blinders says goodbye in a big way, and it could not be otherwise. The history of the Birmingham gangsters says goodbye definitively with this latest installment that still does not have a release date in Latin America. The production can be viewed here via Netflix.

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But in England, where the series originates from, it has already been broadcast on the BBC the first episode called black-day and yielded record numbers of viewers: reached the figure of 3.8 million. These numbers surprised many, since the broadcast of this first episode coincided with the end of a very popular series in England called trigger point (a thriller about a London police woman who defuses bombs, starring Vicky McClure).

This first episode equaled the last of the fifth season, which also reached 3.8 million, according to data provided by the British network BBC. It only remains to add the visualizations that it will have in deferred.

In this first chapter a special mention was made to the actress Helen McCrory, who played Aunt Polly throughout the previous five seasons (also remembered for having played Narcissa Malfoy in Harry Potter). For fans of the history of the Peaky Blindersthis character was very endearing since he was one of the few people who could challenge Thomas, and even change the course of his decisions.

(ATTENTION: SPOILERS FOR THE FIRST EPISODE OF THE SIXTH SEASON)

Precisely, everyone was waiting how they were going to justify Aunt Polly’s absence in the plot. The creator of the series, Steven Knight, he had already dismissed the possibility of the character staying in Australia because he considered that it was not a classic Polly move. So they decided that it was better for her to take another final path. Season six kicks off with Thomas in a field, alone, with a gun to his temple, trying to commit suicide. Luckily the gun had been emptied earlier by Arthur.

In the midst of this internal crisis, Tommy returns to the house and discovers that there are three bodies in front of his door. Two of them correspond to Barney and Aberama Gold, and the third, supposedly and without showing it, since it appears covered with a sheet, is Aunt Polly’s. A phone call confirms it. Revenge begins not only from Tommy’s place, but also from Michael Grey, Polly’s son.

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During an interview with the publication Empire, Cillian Murphy (actor who plays Thomas Shelby in the series) expressed himself regarding the early departure of his partner, who was very ill when the recordings began and at the time they decided to return to the set, after the break due to COVID, he had already passed away.

“It has always made me sad that we were about to shoot, the pandemic came and we had to stop. If we had recorded then, Helen would have been in the series, ”she recalled with great nostalgia. “Its a big lost; it is difficult to understand it. She was the matriarch of the whole thing as the character, but also because of her personality.”

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