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By Molly Moss\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Monday, 07 March 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Peaky Blinders has made a nail-biting return to BBC One for its sixth and final season.<\/p>\n

And now the BBC has given fans a first look at Stephen Graham\u2019s mysterious new character<\/a>, Hayden Stagg, foreshadowing even more trouble ahead for the Shelby family in season 6.<\/a><\/p>\n

Teaser shots from the new season\u2019s third episode show the\u00a0Line of Duty<\/a>, This Is England and Boardwalk Empire actor in action as Hayden goes head-to-head (almost literally) with Paul Anderson\u2019s Arthur Shelby, who doesn\u2019t look best pleased by the new gangster\u2019s presence.<\/p>\n

We don\u2019t know much about the new character yet, but judging by his appearance in the BBC\u2019s latest teaser trailer, he\u2019s certainly set to cause some trouble for the Peaky Blinders.<\/p>\n

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The clip shows Stagg meeting Cillian Murphy\u2019s Tommy Shelby and saying ominously: \u201cI hear there are some men here from Birmingham looking for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

The official Peaky Blinders episode 3 description reads: \u201cFaced with devastating news, Tommy goes on a quest to discover who it was that placed a curse on his family. In Birmingham, Ada takes charge, and Arthur takes on some new recruits.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Hayden Stagg and Arthur Shelby in Peaky Blinders season 6 (BBC\/Caryn Mandabach Productions Ltd.\/Robert Viglasky)<\/span><\/figcaption> BBC\/Caryn Mandabach Productions Ltd.\/Robert Viglasky<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n
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Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight previously shed some light on Graham\u2019s upcoming debut<\/a> in an exlusive interview with RadioTimes.com.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cI hope they\u2019ll be surprised. What I can say, he\u2019s from Liverpool,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd he\u2019s speaking in his own accent, which I think Stephen enjoyed.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Graham\u2019s involvement in season 6 was revealed by the actor himself in 2020, but he told Pound for Pound<\/a>\u00a0podcast that his role had been put on \u201cindefinite\u201d hold due to the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was supposed to be starting Peaky Blinders but that has been put on hold indefinitely. My agent spent a lot of time putting that together,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

In April 2021, the official Peaky Blinders Twitter confirmed that the actor was joining the show, sharing a photo of the actor in character.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re thrilled that @StephenGraham73 has joined the cast of #PeakyBlinders series 6,\u201d the tweet read.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re thrilled that @StephenGraham73<\/a> has joined the cast of #PeakyBlinders<\/a> series 6.\u00a0???? Matt Squire pic.twitter.com\/wmBWLvlTfx<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Peaky Blinders (@ThePeakyBlinder) April 29, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote>