Creator Stephen Knight on Thomas Shelby. S3, S4, S5 Spoilers.

The Peaky Blinders creator on Tommyโ€™s mental health journey and series fiveโ€™s cliffhanger ending. Interview by Louisa Mellor.

When Tommy Shelby held a gun to his head in the series five finale, it wasnโ€™t the first time, says Steven Knight. Tommy came back from the First World War changed. Though physically whole, mentally he was as ravaged as his brothers-in-arms Barney Thompson and Danny Whizz-Bang, two soldiers who returned from France in body but not in mind.

Thatโ€™s why the men Tommy served with โ€“ theย tunnellingย clay-kickers, machine gunners and snipers of the Warwickshire Yeomanry โ€“ are the only people he trusts. Only they understand the blood and dust and flames raging behind those still blue eyes. Knight gives Peaky Blinders TV a glimpse inside Tommyโ€™s head.

How was Tommy changed by his experiences fighting in the First World War?

Tommy came back from the war pretty much prepared to be dead. I always imagined that just before the series began, heโ€™d put a gun to his head but decided โ€˜I might as well carry on, why not?โ€™ Thereโ€™s a line by the artist Francis Bacon, โ€˜Itโ€™s all so meaningless, we may as well be extraordinaryโ€™. Thatโ€™s completely what Tommy is at the beginning.

When he got back from the war, the war was still going on in his head. Imagine youโ€™ve been in an environment where you pull a trigger on a machine gun and kill 20 people in 10 seconds, and then you get home and get told human life is preciousโ€ฆ He carried on with the war, like a lot of people did, inside.

It shut him downย emotionally?

Duringย really horrificย war situations, human beings change very quickly. Some part of the subconscious decides โ€˜If youโ€™re going to survive, youโ€™ve got to be like thisโ€™ so thatโ€™s who you become โ€“ hard and brutal andย all ofย those things that happen to soldiers. When Tommy got back, he couldnโ€™t stop that. He was frozen inside, like a lot of people whoโ€™ve suffered the trauma of war.

Tommy was locked up and frozen inside for a long time. Then he met Grace and she changedย things,ย she unlocked the doors a bit. Then as soon as that happens, it getsย closed downย again because she gets killed. What I keep doing with these characters is offering them a road to happiness and then blowing the bridge up and not letting them go down it. Polly too, would have been happy perhaps withย Aberama, but then heโ€™s taken away from her as well.

Is there special significance to Graceโ€™s name?

Yes. She was exactly that, the old Puritan Christian concept of grace โ€“ whether

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Lightning McQueen vs herbie vs mystery machine vs Tommy Oliver with his red lightning turbo zord vs magic school bus vs Thomas the train vs batmobile vs the little engine that could vs k.I.t.t from knight rider vs Stephen king's Christine

Which land vehicle would win?

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[MacMahon] After one game with the Mavs, Isaiah Thomas has entered the NBAโ€™s health and safety protocols. He was signed as a replacement for a replacement when Brandon Knight entered the protocols. twitter.com/espn_macmahonโ€ฆ
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Thomas Covenant Series Stephen R. Donaldson

Yeah. I couldn't finish book one. This rarely happens with me. I got through Lolita because it was a classic even though it turned my stomach. I got through Belinda even though it was the worst, gut-churning book my favorite author ever wrote; even the wolf series which admittedly was a tough sell. But I just can't this time. This saddens me because the first part of this book was striking in the development of the protagonist. It was not like the beginning to any other fantasy series that I have read, and I do love fantasy series. I was so looking forward to spending the minus 20 degree weather curled up with my cat on the sofa reading this book today, but no. I'm interested in anyone else's reactions and insights. Please share.

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Burnley Team vs Manchester United - Premier League 30 December 2021 | Starting XI : Hennessey, Tarkowski, Mee(c), Lowton, Taylor, McNeil, Westwood, Gudmundsson, Cork, Lennon, Wood | Subs: Stephens, Vydra, Pieters, Norris, Collins, Thomas, Bardsley. twitter.com/BurnleyOfficiโ€ฆ
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Thomas Nef: I'm told Stephen Eustaquio did test positive for Covid despite rumors of it being an excuse to sign for Porto. He will try to make it back for the #USMNT Match. Theo Corbeanu was called up but declined for personal reasons. There's players that are on standby if #CanMNT calls. twitter.com/ThomasNef/staโ€ฆ
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[FWI] During the same week Stephen Breyer announces his retirement, Clarence Thomas dies.

What would be the political implications of potentially having two supreme court vacancies, and the return to a 5-4 conservative court?

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[Charania] Mavericks center Boban Marjanovic and replacement guard Brandon Knight have entered health and safety protocols, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium. Dallas is planning to sign Isaiah Thomas to a hardship deal. twitter.com/shamscharaniaโ€ฆ
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Thomas Holland, filmmaker & Stephen King remind me of each other a little. Holland wrote the screenplay and directed The Langoliers, along with another King film adaptation. reddit.com/gallery/s8579n
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With the trailer for Moon Knight out, I believed Stephen Strange will be the new Tony Stark of the MCU

Tony Stark was almost the cause or part of all the problem of the previous MCU, Avengers 1, Avengers 2, Civil War, SpiderMan etc. This time Dr. Strange has it's share with other problems

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Upstate's Dr. Stephen Thomas earns Liberty Medal from New York State Senate | Upstate News | SUNY Upstate Medical University upstate.edu/news/articlesโ€ฆ
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Thomas the Black Knight reddit.com/gallery/s9qj8z
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Thomas Tull: From Batman Dark Knight Trilogy to AI and The Rolling Stones | Lex Fridman Podcast #259 youtube.com/watch?v=3Z7Wiโ€ฆ
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Stephen Breyer says Clarence Thomas asking more questions is "a plus for everybody" newsweek.com/stephen-breyโ€ฆ
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I present you Hollow Knight Stephen! - toonz
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[Comic Excerpt] Thomas Wayne is not amused (Dark Knights of Steel #1)
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The women of Peaky Blinders with creator Stephen Knight behind the scenes of S5
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GEORGE STREET, Sydney NSW, on a wet day, 1920 - 2021 (City Of Sydney Archives/Stephen Thomas)
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Christopher Thomas Knight

I heard the story of this man who lived in seclusion in the Maine woods for 27 years. Several other podcasts have covered the dude, but Iโ€™d love to hear DA and Gareth discuss it.

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Interesting thing from this morning: a few songs from Roule, Together, Le Knight Club, SebastiAn, and Thomas were put up on Spotify! Might be official, might be a fan reddit.com/gallery/rb29o4
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Itโ€™s been a month since a fan uploaded Thomas Bangalter, Le Knight Club & various other French electronic tracks to digital platforms. Enjoy them before they get taken down youtube.com/watch?v=7vFIuโ€ฆ
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Spotted these little knights in Neukรถlln on HermanstraรŸe at at the St. Thomas-Kirchhof. Anyone know their story? goo.gl/maps/o9ngFd3G9nuUFโ€ฆ
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Advice neededโ€ฆ Would it be a poor choice to try grooming Thomas Aquinas as my main strength Knight, OR should I hold out for an Arthurian Legend? More context: I currently have Bertrand for main strength, and already working on Da Vinci for leadershipโ€ฆ thanks!
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The Dark Knight Saves Gotham City by Thomas Kinkade, Ceaco, 1000 pcs
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For those who don't know, the congressman in 'The Dark Knight Rises' was played by the same actor who played Thomas Wayne in the Joker (Brett Cullen).
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In The Dark Knight Rises (2012), comedian Thomas Lennon plays a doctor. He also played a doctor in Memento (2000), another Christopher Nolan movie. Nolan specifically offered him the role in Rises. Lennon thinks both characters are the same person.
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Day 12. "Stuck"๐Ÿคฃ Caricature of The English actor Stephen Rea as he was in his leading role as Thomas Bardo in the 2007 Film "Stuck ", comments are welcome
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All the kids dick and barbara have in multiple universes so far: john thomas grayson -earth 2, bryce grayson -last knight on earth, john- batman beyondverse, the unnamed kids in teen titans go (because why not lol) reddit.com/gallery/q7wjyq
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In Italy you have to wait untill you are 21 to order a guy order margherita pizza come to america if you want freedom and better pizza USA actually invented pizza "Thomas Stephen Monaghan (born March 25, 1937) is an American entrepreneur who founded Domino's Pizza in 1960."
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Added these to my collection, I love the Stephen Plattโ€™s Moon Knight cover so much
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Hell Knight by Thomas Elliott
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Stock sells by Thomas Healy and Stephen Phang are pre-arranged.

One of the members in discord found through Fidelity [ to check go: Fidelity > Research > Tools] that stock sales by directors Thomas Healy and Stephen S. Phang were "Automatic Sell". This means these sales were not as Christopher on YF said "sells that they woke up and decided to do, these are on an automatic schedule via SEC rule 10b5-1โ€ฆ."

So what is SEC rule 10b5-1?
Rule 10b5-1 provides an affirmative defence from insider trading for corporate insiders and companies to buy and sell company stock as long as they adopt their trading plans in good faith and while not in possession of material non-public information. These arrangements typically involve periodic sales pursuant to a schedule determined at the outset of the plan, sometimes combined with giving a third party (generally a broker) sole discretionary authority with respect to certain aspects of the trades.

That being said, the whole argument of TH selling due to bad news to come is out the window.

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The Knights make an appearance in Stephen King's latest novel. twitter.com/KKurzNHL/statโ€ฆ
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Kokomi and her knight Thoma? I'm guessing Thoma will be really good support for Kokomi based on recent info reddit.com/gallery/pgafxs
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