{"id":12515,"date":"2022-03-21T11:47:42","date_gmt":"2022-03-21T10:47:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1609496"},"modified":"2022-03-21T11:50:13","modified_gmt":"2022-03-21T10:50:13","slug":"peaky-blinders-fans-predict-shocking-news-isnt-the-end-for-tommy","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/peaky-blinders-fans-predict-shocking-news-isnt-the-end-for-tommy\/","title":{"rendered":"Peaky Blinders fans predict shocking news isn\u2019t the end for Tommy"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Patrick Cremona\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Monday, 21 March 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Last night\u2019s episode of Peaky Blinders<\/a> ended with a shocking revelation: that Tommy Shelby is dying.<\/p>\n

The news was delivered during a visit from Tommy\u2019s doctor towards the end of the episode, who informed him that he had tuberculosis<\/a> and gave him only a year to 18 months to live \u2013 not exactly a rosy outlook for poor Tommy.<\/p>\n

It is the latest in a long line of woes for the main character, who has already been battling with hallucinations and has seen his daughter Ruby tragically die, all while trying to juggle various political and crime-related endeavours.<\/p>\n

Immediately after the episode aired, we asked our readers if they really thought this diagnosis would mark the end for Tommy, and the results were fairly close.<\/p>\n

Ultimately though, a slim majority of those who responded reckoned his fate wasn\u2019t yet sealed, with 52.2% of votes claiming they thought this wouldn\u2019t be the end.<\/p>\n

Still, that means 47.8% of those polled \u2013 almost half of respondents \u2013 believe that Tommy is set to die.<\/p>

With only two episodes left before the series wraps up for good, it certainly isn\u2019t out of the question that he could be killed off \u2013 it would certainly be a dramatic end to a show that has never exactly shied away from shocking moments.<\/p>\n

But with a film on the cards following the end of the show, it seems possible that the death might not occur before then \u2013 even if Cillian Murphy has been rather coy<\/a> about his involvement in the big-screen spin-0ff.<\/p>\n

For his part, creator Steven Knight revealed in February that Tommy would<\/em> appear in the film<\/a>, although perhaps that was just misdirection so as not to give away a major plot point from the final season.<\/p>\n

Whichever way it goes, fans won\u2019t have to wait too much longer to find out\u2026<\/p>\n