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When Alfie Solomons showed up alive and well at the end of Peaky Blinders season 5, we assumed that his return had always been on the cards.<\/p>\n
However, Steven Knight has now revealed that this was not the case, and Alfie\u2019s return was planned only after some series lobbying by the man himself, Tom Hardy.<\/p>\n
Speaking with Metro.co.uk<\/a>, Knight explained that Solomon\u2019s supposed death, being shot in the face by Tommy Shelby at the end of season 4, was originally intended as a more permanent affair.<\/p>\n Knight said: \u201cThe plan changed, let me put it that way \u2013 because Tom does love this character.\u201d<\/p>\n Fans will no doubt be relieved the plan did change as Alfie, who popped up in this week\u2019s second episode of Peaky Blinders\u2019 sixth and final season, remains a fan favourite.<\/p> It\u2019s yet to be seen exactly what the Jewish gangster will get up to this season, or how he will factor into Tommy\u2019s plots with Oswald Mosley or Jack Nelson, but Knight previously told RadioTimes.com<\/a> that viewers should expect \u201cchaos\u201d<\/a> from him this season.<\/p>\n Knight said: \u201cI think it\u2019s difficult to explain without giving stuff away, but we might find Alfie in a position not quite as strong as he normally is. And the question is, can he build himself back up?\u201d<\/p>\n It\u2019s also not yet clear whether Alfie will go on to appear in the upcoming Peaky Blinders movie \u2013 so far, the only character confirmed for that big screen outing is Tommy Shelby<\/a>.<\/p>\n Peaky Blinders continues on BBC One at 9pm on Sunday 13th March 2022. Check out more of our Drama<\/a>\u00a0coverage or visit our TV Guide<\/a> to see what\u2019s on tonight.<\/strong><\/p>\n The latest issue of Radio Times is on sale now \u2013\u00a0subscribe now<\/a>\u00a0to get each issue delivered to your door. For more from the biggest stars in TV, l<\/strong>isten to the\u00a0Radio Times podcast<\/a> with Jane Garvey.<\/strong><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n By James Hibbs Published: Wednesday, 09 March 2022 at 12:00 am When Alfie Solomons showed up alive and well at the end of Peaky Blinders season 5, we assumed that his return had always been on the cards. However, Steven Knight has now revealed that this was not the case, and Alfie\u2019s return was planned […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":11939,"template":"","categories":[5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/03\/peaky-blinders-favourite-wasnt-meant-to-return-for-season-6-scaled.jpg",2560,1707,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/03\/peaky-blinders-favourite-wasnt-meant-to-return-for-season-6-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/03\/peaky-blinders-favourite-wasnt-meant-to-return-for-season-6-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/03\/peaky-blinders-favourite-wasnt-meant-to-return-for-season-6-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/03\/peaky-blinders-favourite-wasnt-meant-to-return-for-season-6-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/03\/peaky-blinders-favourite-wasnt-meant-to-return-for-season-6-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/03\/peaky-blinders-favourite-wasnt-meant-to-return-for-season-6-2048x1365.jpg",2048,1365,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By James Hibbs Published: Wednesday, 09 March 2022 at 12:00 am When Alfie Solomons showed up alive and well at the end of Peaky Blinders season 5, we assumed that his return had always been on the cards. However, Steven Knight has now revealed that this was not the case, and Alfie\u2019s return was planned…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/11938"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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