Two years have elapsed. Freddie has succumbed to illness and at his funeral Thomas asks Ada to return home though she is scornful that he has been so successful with his mix of legal and illegal businesses. When his pub the Garrison is blown up he goes straight to the Black Lion to accuse his Irish rivals, who have a proposition for him involving murder. Returning home he informs the family that he plans to expand his bookies' business to London but John's wife Esme warns him of its dangers given the existing racial turf wars. He takes Arthur and John to London to a club run by Darby Sabini, who controls the southern race courses, where they are anything but welcome. Back in Birmingham Ada is abducted by Sabini's thugs, who give Thomas a severe beating, his being saved by the reappearance of Chester Campbell, who has told Churchill that he has a new undercover agent working in the area. Polly meanwhile visits a medium for news of the children who were taken from her in infancy.

Peaky Blinders was one of my most highly anticipated new series returning to our screens this year. The 1st series ended with such a cliffhanger so I was very pleased when it got renewed for a 2nd series. From the adverts shown on TV, I did originally fear that the cliffhanger would never fully be resolved/explained but thankfully it was, partially for now anyway.

The 2nd series is now two years on and there's plenty more interesting story lines already developing. This was probably one of the most gruesome episodes so far and I can certainly see more of that coming throughout the new series. Most of the main cast have returned and there's also a few new faces (eagerly awaiting Tom Hardy's character to arrive).

The acting is excellent as always. The set just looks absolutely amazing, this show really does have high production levels and everything to me feels very authentic.

All in all it was a great episode and I can't wait to see how it all develops. There's plenty more to happen, there's plenty more cliffhangers and there's plenty more left to be explained. I can't wait for next week's episode.

Duration: 3 Discs HD DVD-9 Plastic Bag Packing Ver. ( 6 Episodes Complete Series )