London's for the taking
A gangster family epic set in 1919 Birmingham, England, and centered on a gang who sew razor blades in the peaks of their caps, and their fierce boss Tommy Shelby, who means to move up in the world.
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Premiere DateSep 13, 2013
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- Cillian Murphy as Tommy Shelby
- Paul Anderson as Arthur Shelby
- Sophie Rundle as Ada Shelby
- Natasha O'Keeffe as Lizzie Stark
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S04E01 The Noose
December 1925. Tommy Shelby OBE (Cillian Murphy) has acquired unprecedented legitimacy. A former gangster is also a man alone, estranged from his family and focused only on business. But when he receives a mysterious letter on Christmas Eve, Tommy realises that the Shelbys are in danger of annihilation. As the enemy closes in, Tommy flees his country house and returns to the only safe place he knows: Small Heath, Birmingham, the slum where he grew up. Facing a more determined and sophisticated threat than ever before, the Shelby family must find a way to put differences aside, work together, take up arms and fight for survival...