Peaky Blinders shocking moments – tragic deaths, brutal attacks and raunchy sex scenes

Peaky Blinders comes to its thrilling conclusion tonight (April 3), as the final series of the long-running drama airs on BBC One.

Viewers are eagerly awaiting to find out what will happen to Tommy Shelby – and whether Michael Gray will exact his revenge once and for all on his cousin.

Since the series began over a decade ago, Peaky Blinders has both thrilled and shocked fans with some of the most brutal and heartbreaking moments.

From tragic deaths to brutal attacks and unexpected racy scenes, Peaky Blinders has delivered jaw dropping scenes that viewers will never forget.

Ahead of the last ever episode, Daily Star takes a look at some of Peaky Blinders most shocking and brutal moments ever.

Grace Shelby dies in Tommy’s arms

As soon as the first episode of Peaky Blinders aired, viewers were enthralled with the simmering romantic tension between Tommy Shelby and undercover agent Grace Burgess.

Although the Shelby’s downfall was planned, Grace went against her duties and instead fell in love with Tommy – eventually marrying the fearless Shelby family leader.

After welcoming a son called Charlie, the couple married in the famous opening of series three, with Tommy warning his family in a now famous scene that there should be “No f*****g fighting.”

A steamy wedding night and their happiness was short lived however, as Grace was targeted by an Italian gunman and killed while at a party with her husband.

She collapsed and died in Tommy’s arms, in one of the most brutal and heartbreaking moments of the series to date – leaving viewers in floods of tears.

Grace has since appeared as an apparition in series five and six, with many wondering if Tommy will die and be reunited with his late wife in the final episode.

John Shelby is gunned down

Tommy’s brother John Shelby was a leading figure in the family, who like Grace, was targeted by Italian Mafia boss Luca Changretta.

John stepped out of his home that he shared with wife Esme, only to meet his end in a shower of bullets in a bloody and brutal scene.

While the brave John Shelby tried to save his wife and defend their home, it was too late, and he died soon after – leaving family members including Michael and Polly devastated.

Talking about leaving the show, John Shelby actor Joe Cole told Metro: “I’ve spent the last few years turning down gang related shows because when a show does well you get offered quite a lot of them.

“I actually chose to leave Peaky Blinders because I wanted to explore new avenues, and new characters and new stories.”

Tommy Shelby shoots Alfie Solomons

The business relationship between Tommy Shelby and gangster Alfie Solomons has been one of the most popular story lines running throughout Peaky Blinders.

However after Alfie betrayed Tommy in series four, the Peaky Blinder pursued the gangster to a beach on Margate for a tense showdown.

Alfie asked Tommy to kill him, and after shooting first, Tommy soon drew a gun and fired back at Alfie – leaving many viewers to think that the fan favourite character had died.

The shock death was a blow to viewers, but fortunately their sadness was short lived, as Alfie was not dead after all and came back to save Tommy from the Mafia.

He has since made an appearance in the final series where he declared to Tommy that he wanted to write an opera, but what role he will play in Tommy’s final hours is yet to be revealed.

Michael Gray puts a curse on Tommy alongside Aunt Polly

One of the most shocking moments that no one saw coming was Aunt Polly helping Michael Gray to place a curse on his cousin Tommy.

A hesitant Aunt Polly, who always looked out for the family, seemed reluctant to go ahead with the plan, but Michael insisted.

She instead warned him – “If you do this thing, the possibility of war, you have to consider,” to which Michael replied: “It was the ambitions and strategies of one man who caused this,” referring to Tommy.

Aunt Polly then pricked Michael’s finger so blood dropped into the water, saying: “There will be a war in this family – And one of you will die.”

A flashback to the scene was recently aired in the penultimate episode of the final series, before Michael declared that he was going to kill Tommy once and for all.

After a series of hardships and heartaches for Tommy Shelby, including the loss of his daughter Ruby, it seems Michael’s curse is destroying Tommy’s life – and now Michael is out of prison, will he deliver the final blow?

Or will Michael be the one who dies? Viewers will have to wait and see.

Bonnie and Aberama Gold are killed

Series four saw the introduction of boxer Bonnie Gold and his father Aberama, who later went on to fall in love with Aunt Polly.

Their deaths were some of the most shocking and brutal that the series had ever seen, with Bonnie being killed by a gang called the Billy Boys in a horrific scene that saw beaten, tied to a tree and shot in front of his father.

Wracked with grief, Aberama sought to find the people responsible for his son’s death, including Sir Oswald Moseley – but sadly met his own death while taking part in a mission to assassinate Moseley.

While taking out his revenge on the leader of the Billy Boys, Jimmy McCavern, masked assailants stabbed Aberama – with the character dying shortly afterwards.

Arthur orders Billy Grade to carry out a brutal murder

The final series of Peaky Blinders was not going to be without its fair share of shocking moments – and the penultimate episode saw Arthur return to his brutal ways in the bookmakers shop.

After introducing Tommy’s long lost son Duke into the family, Duke had to witness employee Billy Grade kill another employee in front of him, after Arthur Shelby ordered Billy to carry out the act.

It has since become one of the most graphic murder scenes ever to air on the show – with the scenes nearly replicated moments later to murder Billy.

Visibly shaken and covered in blood, Billy was later scene curled up in a steam room trying to contemplate what he had done – and was later brutally attacked in a similar way by gangster Jack Nelson.

Tommy Shelby sleeps with Oswald’s mistress

Viewers were left shocked and in disbelief after Tommy Shelby had a steamy one night stand with Oswald Moseley’s mistress Diana, with many taking to social media to share their outrage at the character’s actions.

Only a few weeks after the death of his daughter Ruby, which had taken its toll on him and wife Lizzie, Tommy ended up in bed with Diana – whose eyes had been firmly placed on Tommy since episode one of the final series.

Like many bedroom scenes before, the shocking scene was certainly rather steamy – making it one of the series most racy too.

That isn’t the only shock bedroom scene in series six though, as earlier episodes showed Michael Gray’s wife Gina gripped in a romantic liaison with Diana’s partner Oswald.

However, after Diana and Tommy’s romantic liaison in a hotel room, Diana placed the final brutal blow over dinner when she revealed the encounter to Lizzie, saying: “Elizabeth, you are a very lucky woman to have each day what I’ve only sampled once.”

A heart broken Lizzie soon left the room – leaving their marriage in ruins – and viewers in disbelief that Tommy could have slept with Diana in the first place.

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