The final episode of Peaky Blinders pulled in a peak of 3.7 million viewers, as viewers bid farewell to Tommy Shelby on Sunday night.

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Fans of the gangster drama were left 'sobbing' by the tense conclusion, which saw the family patriarch embark on a murderous rampage which included the death of one major character.

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"Peaky Blinders' final episode sparked a flurry of reaction from viewers with many lauding the spellbinding 80-minute conclusion despite its ambiguous ending"

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Peaky Blinders' sixth series saw Tommy Shelby's wife Lizzie (played by Natasha O'Keeffe) reveal that she was leaving him, which promoted the protagonist (Cillian Murphy) to up-sticks to Canada.

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"The BAFTA Cymru award winner did not get the chance to appear in any scenes and creators of the BBC drama had to rewrite 'vast sections' of the show."

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"Filming for the last series was brought to a standstill in March 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic and resumed in January 2021."

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"According to reports, Aunt Polly was set to have a larger role in the new series, before she had to be rewritten out of the script."

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