document_title: Dean Karnazes

question_text: who ran 50 marathons in 50 days in 50 states

text: Dean Karnazes

text: Early life[edit]

text: Karnazes was born in Inglewood in Los Angeles County, California southwest of Los Angeles, to Nick and Fran Karnazes, parents of Greek ancestry.[5][6] He had two siblings, brother Kraig and a sister, Pary, who died in an automobile accident at the age of 18.[4]

text: His father worked as a field naturalist for the Orange County Department of Education in 2006. The younger Karnazes grew up in Diamond Bar, California and San Clemente, California.[2] In 2006 he said that he remained close to the friends he made at San Clemente High School, which was also attended by both his siblings.[5] Growing up in the city of San Clemente gave him a love of the outdoors, and an appreciation of its small-town feel. At the time his parents still lived in the house where he had grown up.[5]

text: Early running career[edit]

text: While attending kindergarten, Karnazes began running home from school; he took up running for fun.[7]

text: At first, Karnazes ran direct routes from school to his home. Later, he began to run diversionary routes that would extend his run and take him into uncharted territory.[4] By third grade, he was participating in and organizing short running events with other children. As Karnazes grew older, he began testing his limits: by age eleven he had hiked rim-to-rim across the Grand Canyon and had climbed Mount Whitney, the highest mountain in the contiguous United States; for his 12th birthday, he cycled 40 miles (64 km) to his grandparents' home for fun without telling his parents.

text: In junior high school, Karnazes met Jack McTavish, a track coach who became Karnazes' mentor and introduced him to the appeal of long-distance running. McTavish's basic running instructions were simple: "Go out hard and finish harder." Using this motto as a basis, that season Karnazes won the one-mile (1.6 km) California State Long-Distance Championship held on the Mt SAC track. At the end of the race, Coach McTavish commented: "Good work son, how'd it feel?" To this Karnazes replied: "Well, going out hard was the right thing to do. It felt pretty good." The coach replied: "If it felt good, you didn't push hard enough. It's supposed to hurt like hell." A week after the race, Karnazes' father's job was transferred to San Clemente. These were the last comments the coach ever said to Karnazes, who has stated that he lives by these words to this day.[4]

text: In 1976, as a high school freshman at San Clemente High, Karnazes joined the cross country team under Benner Cummings. Cummings' running theory was that running is about finding your inner peace; his motto was "run with your heart". That season, Karnazes was awarded "Most Inspirational" team member. Karnazes also ran his first endurance event that year, a fundraising run on a track for underprivileged children, finishing in just under six hours and raising a dollar a lap from his sponsors. While most students ran only 10–15 laps around the track, he ran 105, a full marathon.

text: Karnazes was not compatible with his high-school track coach, and stopped running for fifteen years.[4]

text: Racing highlights and criticisms[edit]

text: Karnazes has completed a number of endurance events, mostly running events, but also a swimming event. Most notable achievements include:

text:
Ran 350 miles (560 km) in 80 hours and 44 minutes without sleep in 2005[8]
Single-handedly completed "The Relay", a 199-mile (320 km) run from Calistoga to Santa Cruz, eleven times[9]
Ran a marathon to the South Pole in −13 °F (−25 °C) temperatures without snowshoes in 2002[10]
Ran a marathon in each of the 50 states in 50 consecutive days in 2006[11]

text: Other athletic achievements include:

text:
Winner, Badwater Ultramarathon (135 miles (217 km) across Death Valley in 120 °F (49 °C) temperatures), 2004 (with five other top-10 finishes from 2000-2008)[12]
Winner, Vermont Trail 100 Mile Endurance Run, 2006[13]
Overall Winner, 4 Deserts Race Series, 2008 [14]
American Ultrarunning Team, World Championships, 2005, 2008
148 miles (238 km) in 24 hours on a treadmill, 2004[15]
Eleven-time 100-Mile/1 Day Silver Buckleholder at the Western States Endurance Run[16] (i.e., better than ten twenty-four-hour finishes), 1995–2006
Ran 3,000 miles (4,800 km) across the United States from Disneyland to New York City in 75 days, running 40 to 50 miles (65 to 80 km) per day, 2011[17][18]
Swimming across the San Francisco Bay

text: Other honors include:

text:
Competitor magazine Endurance Athlete of the Year Award winner, 2008, 2006, 2005
ESPN ESPY Award winner, “Best Outdoor Athlete”, 2007[19]
Men's Journal, Adventure Hall of Fame, 2007
Outside magazine, Ultimate Top 10 Outdoor Athletes, 2004

text: 50 marathons in 50 states on 50 consecutive days[edit]

text: In 2006, Karnazes embarked on the well-publicized Endurance 50: 50 marathons in 50 states in 50 consecutive days.[20] Beginning with the Lewis and Clark Marathon in St. Louis on September 17, 2006, it finished with the New York City Marathon on November 5. Eight of the 50 races were conventional marathon races. Since marathon races are typically held only on weekends, on the other days Karnazes (accompanied by between one and 50 runners) ran the course of a marathon in each state using the help of the race director and staff of each event to officially run the certified course, but on a different day than the “live” event. (For example, as part of the 50/50/50, Karnazes ran the official course of the Boston Marathon, but not the race itself, which is held in mid-April.)

text: Karnazes overcame the endurance and logistical difficulties of this goal and finished the final marathon, the NYC Marathon, on the official race day in 3 hours and 30 seconds.[21] He weighed 154 lbs (70 kg) at the start and 153 lbs (69.5 kg) at the end.[22]

text: After finishing the 50/50/50, Karnazes decided to run home to San Francisco from New York City. He was expected to finish the trip in January 2007. However Karnazes chose to end this trek December 15, 2006, in St. Charles, Missouri, to spend more time with his family.[2]

text: The adventure was the primary subject of film director JB Benna's 2008 film entitled UltraMarathon Man: 50 Marathons - 50 States - 50 Days, which was the first feature film about Karnazes. The film was produced by Journeyfilm, had a national theatrical release in 300 screens in 2008 and was released on DVD and Blu-ray in 2009.[23]

text: A similar project, undertaken by Sam Thompson to raise money for victims of Hurricane Katrina, was finishing as Karnazes began his project. Thompson ran 50 marathons (all 50 states and D.C.) in 50 days.[24]

text: Marathon in every country of the world[edit]

text: His next challenge is to run a marathon in every officially recognized country in the world all within a year. The attempt is still in the planning stages and is as dependent on visa and logistics as running, but Karnazes hopes to undertake the feat in 2018.[25]

text: Critical responses[edit]

text: Karnazes' achievements have been derided on some running websites (such as LetsRun.com) as tainted with hyperbole. For example, critics have pointed out that his website's claim that he won the running division of the inaugural South Pole marathon does not clarify that he was the only entrant in that division.[2]

text: Former elite athlete Weldon Johnson said that the criticism is partly due to Karnazes' ability to attract sponsors and gain attention for feats that may be less spectacular than they appear.

text: Johnson praised Karnazes for his charity work.[2]

text: Ultra-marathoner John Morelock defended Karnazes, but also said that Karnazes was "very good, not great. He's not a racer, just a very good performer." He believed that the criticism is sparked by unfamiliarity with ultra-running, and underestimates the mental and physical endurance required.[2]

text: Karnazes said that he has come to ignore the criticism in favor of the hundreds of e-mails of people who say that he has inspired them.[2]

text: Non-running businesses[edit]

text: In 1995, Karnazes founded Energy Well Natural Foods in San Francisco and he remains president of the company, now called Good Health Natural Foods.[26] Karnazes is also a regular columnist for Men's Health.[4]

text: In 2011, Karnazes opened a Frozen-Yogurt shop in San Anselmo, California called U-Top It.[27]

text: Media appearances[edit]

text: According to his sponsor, Karnazes has been featured on The Today Show, 60 Minutes (2009), The Late Show with David Letterman, CBS News, CNN, ESPN, The Howard Stern Show, NPR’s Morning Edition, Late Night with Conan O’Brien, and the BBC. He has also appeared on the cover of Runners' World, Outside, and Wired magazines, and has been featured in TIME, Newsweek, People, GQ, The New York Times, USA TODAY, The Washington Post, Men’s Journal, Forbes, The Chicago Tribune, The Los Angeles Times, and the London Telegraph, among others. Karnazes won Competitor magazine's “Endurance Athlete of the Year” award three times, and also earned ESPN’s ESPY award.[28]

text: The "Ultra Marathon Man" episode of Stan Lee's Superhumans documentary television series maintained that Karnazes is able to reduce the build-up of lactic acid over long periods of time. Karnazes also ascribes his endurance feats to an ability to remain under his lactate threshold - his body's ability to clear lactate from his blood and convert it to energy.[29] However, Chris Carmichael, former coach of Lance Armstrong, reported that tests of Karnazes at his Performance Center in Aspen in 2006 showed a VO2 max (64.8) and lactate threshold (63.4% of VO2 max) that was merely "above average".[30]

text: Personal life[edit]

text: Karnazes had discovered alcohol while in school, and was twice expelled for attending school while drunk. This behavior continued with all-night binges at Cal Poly, until the death of his sister.[4]

text: Karnazes attended California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo, where his major subject was food science technology.[7] He attended graduate school at the same institution, ending up as the class valedictorian. He paid for his education by obtaining scholarships and grants, and by working at a campus health center. Karnazes then went to the University of San Francisco's McLaren School of Business.[4] He holds graduate degrees in Science and Business.[31]

text: Karnazes is married to Julie, whom he met in 9th grade at San Clemente High School.[5] Karnazes' children accompanied their father for much of his run of 50 marathons in 50 states, as they were home-schooled at the time.[32]

text: In 2004 Karnazes was named one of GQ's "Best Bodies of the Year".[4]

text: Karnazes lives in Ross, California.[33]

text: Books[edit]

text:
The Road to Sparta: Reliving the Ancient Battle and Epic Run that Inspired the World's Greatest Footrace, Rodale (October 25, 2016) ISBN 978-1-60961-474-4
Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner, Tarcher (March 2, 2006) ISBN 978-1-58542-480-1
50/50: Secrets I Learned Running 50 Marathons in 50 Days (with Matt Fitzgerald) Grand Central Publishing (August 12, 2009) ISBN 978-0-446-58184-4
Run: 26.2 Stories of Blisters and Bliss, Rodale (March 1, 2011) ISBN 978-1-60529-279-3. Winner of British Sports Book Awards, Best Publicity Campaign[34]


document_title: List of Dallas Cowboys seasons

question_text: when's the last time cowboys won a playoff game

question_tokens: when 's the last time cowboys won a playoff game

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text: List of Dallas Cowboys seasons

text: This article is a list of seasons completed by the Dallas Cowboys American football franchise of the National Football League (NFL). The list documents the season-by-season records of the Cowboys' franchise from 1960 to present, including postseason records, and league awards for individual players or head coaches. The Cowboys franchise was founded in 1960 as an expansion team.[1] The team has earned 31 postseason appearances, tied for second place with the Pittsburgh Steelers, the longest consecutive streak of winning seasons with 20, the second-most appearances in the NFC Championship Game (14, behind the San Francisco 49ers' 15) and the second-most Super Bowl appearances (8 with the Denver Broncos and Steelers). The Cowboys have played for 10 NFL Championships and have won 5, all five being Super Bowls.[2]

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text: The Cowboys won Super Bowl VI, XII, XXVII, XXVIII and XXX. They also played in and lost Super Bowl V, X, and XIII.[2]

text: The franchise has experienced two major periods of continued success in their history. The first period of success came from 1966–1985 when the Cowboys played in the postseason 18 times.[3] During this period, they played in two NFL Championships and five Super Bowls, winning two of them, winning a total of 20 playoff games.[3] The second period of success was between 1991–1996 when the Cowboys captured five straight NFC East Division titles and won three Super Bowls going 11–2 in the postseason.[3]

text: The Cowboys have also experienced failure in their history. The most notable period of failure was from their 1960 inaugural season to 1965, during which the Cowboys did not have a single postseason appearance.[4] They did not win a single game during their first season, compiling an 0–11–1 record that is still the worst in franchise history.[4] Also, they did not have a single winning record in this period.[4] Between 1986 and 1990 the Cowboys had losing records in each season as veteran coach Landry retired and the team was radically overhauled, with the low point being the NFL's second 15-loss season (after the 1980 Saints) in 1989. After losing a Divisional playoff Game in 1996, the Cowboys between 1997 and 2008 lost five consecutive playoff games, one after a franchise-record 13–3 season in 2007, during which most predicted the Cowboys would break this streak.[5] This streak finally came to an end when the Cowboys finally beat their bitter rival, the Philadelphia Eagles 34–14 after an 11–5 season in 2009.[5]

text: Seasons[edit]

text:
NFL Champions (1920–1969)
Super Bowl Champions (1970–present)
Conference Champions
Division Champions
Wild Card Berth

tag: table

text:
Season
Team
League
Conference
Division
Regular season
Postseason Results
Awards
Head coaches

Finish
Wins
Losses
Ties

1960
1960
NFL
Western

7th
0
11
1

Tom Landry

1961
1961
NFL
Eastern

6th
4
9
1

Tom Landry

1962
1962
NFL
Eastern

5th
5
8
1

Tom Landry

1963
1963
NFL
Eastern

5th
4
10
0

Tom Landry

1964
1964
NFL
Eastern

5th
5
8
1

Tom Landry

1965
1965
NFL
Eastern

2nd
7
7
0

Tom Landry

1966
1966
NFL
Eastern

1st
10
3
1
Lost NFL Championship Game (Packers) 34–27
Tom Landry (COY)
Tom Landry

1967[6]
1967
NFL
Eastern
Capitol
1st
9
5
0
Won Conference Playoffs (Browns) 52–10
Lost NFL Championship Game (Packers) 21–17

Tom Landry

1968
1968
NFL
Eastern
Capitol
1st
12
2
0
Lost Conference Playoffs (Browns) 31–20

Tom Landry

1969
1969
NFL
Eastern
Capitol
1st
11
2
1
Lost Conference Playoffs (Browns) 38–14
Calvin Hill (OROY)
Tom Landry

1970
1970
NFL
NFC
East
1st
10
4
0
Won Divisional Playoffs (Lions) 5–0
Won Conference Championship (49ers) 17–10
Lost Super Bowl V (Colts) 16–13
Chuck Howley (SB MVP)
Tom Landry

1971
1971
NFL
NFC
East
1st
11
3
0
Won Divisional Playoffs (Vikings) 20–12
Won Conference Championship (49ers) 14–3
Won Super Bowl VI (1) (Dolphins) 24–3
Roger Staubach (SB MVP)
Tom Landry

1972
1972
NFL
NFC
East
2nd
10
4
0
Won Divisional Playoffs (49ers) 30–28
Lost Conference Championship (Redskins) 26–3

Tom Landry

1973
1973
NFL
NFC
East
1st[7]
10
4
0
Won Divisional Playoffs (Rams) 27–26
Lost Conference Championship (Vikings) 27–10

Tom Landry

1974
1974
NFL
NFC
East
3rd
8
6
0

Tom Landry

1975
1975
NFL
NFC
East
2nd
10
4
0
Won Divisional Playoffs (Vikings) 17–14
Won Conference Championship (Rams) 37–7
Lost Super Bowl X (Steelers) 21–17

Tom Landry

1976
1976
NFL
NFC
East
1st
11
3
0
Lost Divisional Playoffs (Rams) 14–12

Tom Landry

1977
1977
NFL
NFC
East
1st
12
2
0
Won Divisional Playoffs (Bears) 37–7
Won Conference Championship (Vikings) 23–6
Won Super Bowl XII (2) (Broncos) 27–10
Tony Dorsett (OROY)
Harvey Martin (DPOY, SB MVP)
Randy White (SB MVP)
Tom Landry

1978[8]
1978
NFL
NFC
East
1st[9]
12
4
0
Won Divisional Playoffs (Falcons) 27–20
Won Conference Championship (Rams) 28–0
Lost Super Bowl XIII (Steelers) 35–31

Tom Landry

1979
1979
NFL
NFC
East
1st[10]
11
5
0
Lost Divisional Playoffs (Rams) 21–19

Tom Landry

1980
1980
NFL
NFC
East
2nd[11]
12
4
0
Won Wild Card Playoffs (Rams) 34–17
Won Divisional Playoffs (Falcons) 30–27
Lost Conference Championship (Eagles) 20–7

Tom Landry

1981
1981
NFL
NFC
East
1st
12
4
0
Won Divisional Playoffs (Buccaneers) 38–0
Lost Conference Championship (49ers) 28–27

Tom Landry

1982[12]
1982
NFL
NFC

2nd
6
3
0
Won Wild Card Playoffs (Buccaneers) 30–17
Won Divisional Playoffs (Packers) 37–26
Lost Conference Championship (Redskins) 31–17

Tom Landry

1983
1983
NFL
NFC
East
2nd
12
4
0
Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Rams) 24–17

Tom Landry

1984
1984
NFL
NFC
East
4th
9
7
0

Tom Landry

1985
1985
NFL
NFC
East
1st[13]
10
6
0
Lost Divisional Playoffs (Rams) 20–0

Tom Landry

1986
1986
NFL
NFC
East
3rd
7
9
0

Tom Landry

1987[14]
1987
NFL
NFC
East
4th
7
8
0

Tom Landry

1988
1988
NFL
NFC
East
5th
3
13
0

Tom Landry

1989
1989
NFL
NFC
East
5th
1
15
0

Jimmy Johnson

1990
1990
NFL
NFC
East
4th
7
9
0

Emmitt Smith (OROY)
Jimmy Johnson (COY)
Jimmy Johnson

1991
1991
NFL
NFC
East
2nd[15]
11
5
0
Won Wild Card Playoffs (Bears) 17–13
Lost Divisional Playoffs (Lions) 38–6

Jimmy Johnson

1992
1992
NFL
NFC
East
1st
13
3
0
Won Divisional Playoffs (Eagles) 34–10
Won Conference Championship (49ers) 30–20
Won Super Bowl XXVII (3) (Bills) 52–17
Troy Aikman (SB MVP)
Jimmy Johnson

1993
1993
NFL
NFC
East
1st
12
4
0
Won Divisional Playoffs (Packers) 27–17
Won Conference Championship (49ers) 38–21
Won Super Bowl XXVIII (4) (Bills) 30–13
Emmitt Smith (MVP, SB MVP)
Jimmy Johnson

1994
1994
NFL
NFC
East
1st
12
4
0
Won Divisional Playoffs (Packers) 35–9
Lost Conference Championship (49ers) 38–28

Barry Switzer

1995
1995
NFL
NFC
East
1st
12
4
0
Won Divisional Playoffs (Eagles) 30–11
Won Conference Championship (Packers) 38–27
Won Super Bowl XXX (5) (Steelers) 27–17
Larry Brown (SB MVP)
Barry Switzer

1996
1996
NFL
NFC
East
1st[16]
10
6
0
Won Wild Card Playoffs (Vikings) 40–15
Lost Divisional Playoffs (Panthers) 26–17

Barry Switzer

1997
1997
NFL
NFC
East
4th
6
10
0

Barry Switzer

1998
1998
NFL
NFC
East
1st
10
6
0
Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Cardinals) 20–7

Chan Gailey

1999
1999
NFL
NFC
East
2nd[17]
8
8
0
Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Vikings) 27–10

Chan Gailey

2000
2000
NFL
NFC
East
4th
5
11
0

Dave Campo

2001
2001
NFL
NFC
East
5th
5
11
0

Dave Campo

2002
2002
NFL
NFC
East
4th
5
11
0

Dave Campo

2003
2003
NFL
NFC
East
2nd
10
6
0
Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Panthers) 29–10

Bill Parcells

2004
2004
NFL
NFC
East
3rd
6
10
0

Bill Parcells

2005
2005
NFL
NFC
East
3rd
9
7
0

Bill Parcells

2006
2006
NFL
NFC
East
2nd
9
7
0
Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Seahawks) 21–20

Bill Parcells

2007
2007
NFL
NFC
East
1st
13
3
0
Lost Divisional Playoffs (Giants) 21–17
Greg Ellis (CBPOY)
Wade Phillips

2008
2008
NFL
NFC
East
3rd
9
7
0

Wade Phillips

2009
2009
NFL
NFC
East
1st[18]
11
5
0
Won Wild Card Playoffs (Eagles) 34–14
Lost Divisional Playoffs (Vikings) 34–3

Wade Phillips

2010
2010
NFL
NFC
East
3rd
6
10
0

Wade Phillips (1–7)
Jason Garrett (5–3)

2011
2011
NFL
NFC
East
3rd
8
8
0

Jason Garrett

2012
2012
NFL
NFC
East
3rd
8
8
0

Jason Witten (WP MOY)
Jason Garrett

2013
2013
NFL
NFC
East
2nd
8
8
0

Jason Garrett

2014
2014
NFL
NFC
East
1st
12
4
0
Won Wild Card Playoffs (Lions) 24–20
Lost Divisional Playoffs (Packers) 26–21
DeMarco Murray (OPOY)
Jason Garrett

2015
2015
NFL
NFC
East
4th
4
12
0

Jason Garrett

2016
2016
NFL
NFC
East
1st
13
3
0
Lost Divisional Playoffs (Packers) 34–31
Dak Prescott (OROY)
Jason Garrett (COY)
Jason Garrett

2017
2017
NFL
NFC
East
2nd
9
7
0

Jason Garrett

Total
493
367
6
All-time regular season record (1960–2016)

34
27
0
All-time postseason record (1960–2016)

527
393
6
All-time regular season and postseason record (1960–2016)

5 NFL Championships, 10 Conference Championships, 22 Divisional Championships

text: Footnotes[edit]

text:
Jump up ^ "1960 Dallas Cowboys". Dallas Cowboys' Official Website. Archived from the original on 2007-12-29. Retrieved 2008-01-12.
^ Jump up to: a b "Dallas Cowboys' Championship History". NFLTeamHistory.com. Retrieved 2008-01-12.
^ Jump up to: a b c "Dallas Cowboys Championship History". NFLTeamHistory.com. Retrieved 2008-01-28.
^ Jump up to: a b c "Dallas Cowboys History". CBS Sports. Retrieved 2008-01-27.
^ Jump up to: a b "Dallas Cowboys Franchise History". SportsEncyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2011-12-17.
Jump up ^ The 1967 NFL season marks the first season in the league's history where the league was divided into two conferences which were subdivided into two divisions. Up to 1967, the league was either divided into two divisions, two conferences, or neither.
Jump up ^ At the end of the 1973 season, the Cowboys and the Redskins finished the season with identical 10–4 records. Using the NFL's tie-breaking procedures, Dallas finished ahead of Washington in the NFC East based on better point differential in head-to-head games.
Jump up ^ For the 1978 season, the NFL expanded from a 14-game season to a 16-game season.
Jump up ^ At the end of the 1978 season, the Cowboys and the Los Angeles Rams finished the season with identical 12–4 records. Using the NFL's tie-breaking procedures, Los Angeles was the top NFC seed over Dallas based on a better head-to-head record.
Jump up ^ At the end of the 1979 season, the Cowboys and the Eagles finished the season with identical 11–5 records. Using the NFL's tie-breaking procedures, Dallas finished ahead of Philadelphia in the NFC East based on a better conference record.
Jump up ^ At the end of the 1980 season, the Cowboys and the Eagles finished the season with identical 12–4 records. Using the NFL's tie-breaking procedures, Philadelphia finished ahead of Dallas in the NFC East based on better net points in division games.
Jump up ^ The 1982 NFL season was shortened from 16 games per team to 9 games because of a players' strike. The NFL adopted a special 16-team playoff tournament; eight teams from each conference were seeded 1–8, and division standings were ignored.
Jump up ^ At the end of the 1985 season, the Cowboys, Redskins, and the Giants finished the season with identical 10–6 records. Using the NFL's tie-breaking procedures, Dallas finished ahead of New York and Washington based on a better head-to-head record.
Jump up ^ The 1987 NFL season was shortened from 16 games per team to 15 games because of a players' strike. Games to be played during the third week of the season were canceled, and replacement players were used to play games from weeks 4 through 6.
Jump up ^ At the end of the 1991 season, the Cowboys and the Bears finished the season with identical 11–5 records. Using the NFL's tie-breaking procedures, Chicago was the first NFC Wild Card based on better conference record than Dallas.
Jump up ^ At the end of the 1996 season, the Cowboys and the Eagles finished the season with identical 10–6 records. Using the NFL's tie-breaking procedures, Dallas finished ahead of Philadelphia in the NFC East based on better record against common opponents.
Jump up ^ At the end of the 1999 season, the Cowboys, Lions, and the Panthers finished the season with identical 8–8 records. Using the NFL's tie-breaking procedures, Dallas was the second NFC Wild Card based on a better record than Detroit against common opponents and a better conference record than Carolina.
Jump up ^ At the end of the 2009 season, the Cowboys and the Eagles finished with identical 11–5 records. Using the NFL's tie-breaking procedures, Dallas finished ahead of Philadelphia in the NFC East based on better head-to-head record.

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document_title: Tunku Abdul Rahman National Park

question_text: which is the largest island of the tunku abdul national park

text: Tunku Abdul Rahman National Park

text: Climate[edit]

text: Temperatures are between 23.8–29.4 degrees Celsius all year round. Humidity remains relatively high throughout the year.

text: Geology[edit]

text: The islands are underlaid by folded sandstone and sedimentary rock, are part of the Crocker Range rock formation of the western coast of Sabah. Towards the end of Ice Age happened about one million years ago, changes of the sea level occurred, resulting in portions of the mainland being cut off by the sea, thus forming the islands today. Exposed sandstone outcrops still feature the coasts of most of these islands forming cliffs, caves, honeycombs and deep crevasses along the shore.

text: Gaya Island[edit]

text: Gaya Island derived its name from the Bajau word "Gayo" which means big and occupies an area of 15 km2 (3,700 acres) with an elevation of up to 300 metres. Several ridges rise more than 600 feet (180 m), peaking at 1,000 feet (300 m), along the backbone of Gaya Island.

text: Gaya island is the largest island in the park, closest to downtown Kota Kinabalu (KK) and is covered with dense virgin, tropical forest. It has been a forest reserve since 1923. The island has 20 km of hiking trails and two 5 star resorts named Gayana Eco Resort, home to the Marine Ecology Research Centre, and Bunga Raya Island Resort on the north-east part of the island.

text: Another resort is being constructed on what used to be Hornbill Bay near Gayana Eco Resort.

text: Gaya island is also host to a very large (and growing) stilt village located just opposite the KK waterfront. This village is occupied by illegal immigrants from the Philippines and is considered a dangerous, high crime or "no-go" area by the police and KK locals.

text: Sabah Parks, the body charged with protecting the Tunku Abdul Rahman Park, is headquartered on the south-eastern part of Gaya Island in a bay shared with the Downbelow Marine & Wildlife Adventures dive station. A development on the edge of Gaya island nearest to Sapi island is also used by Sabah Parks and offers a small, quiet beach for public recreational use.

text: Gaya island is also known for a legendary beach at Police Bay. The 400 metres (0.25-mile) stretch of white sand, gently slopes out to the sea and makes Police Beach ideal for swimming in the crystal clear water. Police Beach fronts the upmarket Bunga Raya Island Resort.

text: The coral reefs along the entire coast of Gaya island are in excellent condition, making it a surprisingly good diving destination, considering its proximity to Kota Kinabalu city.

text: Manukan Island[edit]

text: The second largest island in the park, Manukan is the most popular with Kota Kinabalu residents. Manukan has some good stretches of beaches on the southern coastline. The best beach is on the eastern tip of the island. Offshore of Manukan are coral reefs, which is ideal for snorkelling, diving and swimming.

text: Out of 5 islands, Manukan features the most developed tourist facilities that includes 20 units of chalets, a clubhouse, and few restaurants and a diving centre. Recreation facilities include a swimming pool, football field, Volleyball and Sepak Takraw courts. Infrastructural facilities include support-water, electricity, desalination plant, sewerage system, and even a solar public telephone. It is covered in dense vegetation and has hiking trails.

text: Mamutik Island[edit]

text: The 15 acres (6.1 ha) island makes Mamutik the smallest of the park. Despite being the smallest, the island offers some good beaches and coral reefs. It also has a jetty, a 3-bedroom resthouse for rent, and staff quarters for Rangers station. Facilities include changing rooms, toilets, picnic shelters, tables and barbecue pits. Fresh water and electricity are available. Mamutik would be an ideal venue to get away from it all. The corals to the north-eastern tip of the island are quite interesting. The beach is rocky and swimmers must be careful of sea urchins that exist in large numbers beside the corals and rocks.

text: Sapi Island[edit]

text: Sapi Island, literally known as "Cow Island" in Malay is just off the south-western tip of Gaya Island. The 25-acre (10 ha) island features one of the nicest beaches in the park and most popular with tourists for snorkelling and scuba diving. Between 10 am and 4 pm the island gets quite busy with foreign tourists but after the last ferry leaves it becomes a tranquil island with only those staying overnight. It is developed with tourist facilities that includes a jetty, picnic shelters, barbecue pits, tables, changing rooms and toilets. The forest is inhabited by macaques. Camping and campfires are allowed with the permission from the park warden.

text: Sulug Island[edit]

text: Sulug is the farthest island of them all. Considered relatively untouched, remote and undeveloped, the 20-acre (8.1 ha) island is more popular with foreign tourists who prefer a quiet and tranquil atmosphere. Good reef patches lie along the southern end of the island.

text: During formation, a long sand spit jutting out into the ocean formed a round hill.

text: History[edit]

text: In 1882, the British North Borneo Company set up a trading settlement on Gaya Island called Api-Api. The settlement was later moved to the mainland and been named Jesselton after Sir Charles Jessel. In 1968, Jesselton was renamed Kota Kinabalu.

text: In 1974, the major part of Gaya and Sapi islands was gazetted as Tunku Abdul Rahman Park, covering an area of 8,990 acres (36.4 km2). In 1979, the park was increased to 12,185 acres (49.31 km2) with the inclusion of the three nearby islands of Manukan, Mamutik and Sulug.


document_title: Storks (film)

question_text: who does the voice for tulip in storks

question_tokens: who does the voice for tulip in storks

text: Storks (film)

text: Plot[edit]

text: For generations, the storks of Stork Mountain delivered babies to families around the world, until one stork named Jasper attempted to keep an infant girl for himself. Jasper accidentally destroyed the infant’s address beacon and went into exile. Unable to deliver the orphaned girl, the storks adopted her under the name Tulip. CEO stork Hunter discontinued baby delivery in favor of package delivery with Cornerstore.com. Eighteen years later, Tulip, now a young adult, tries to promote new ideas for Cornerstore, which backfire and cause the company to lose stocks. Hunter assigns top delivery stork Junior to fire Tulip so he may be promoted to boss. Junior cannot bring himself to do so and instead transfers Tulip to the mail room.

text: Meanwhile, a young boy name Nate Gardner, who lives with his workaholic parents Henry and Sarah, is feeling lonely and wants a younger sibling. He sends a letter to Cornerstore and it reaches Tulip, who enters the defunct baby factory and inserts the letter into the baby-making machine, causing it to create a pink-haired infant girl. Junior injures his wing trying to shut down the machine. Afraid Hunter will fire him, Junior agrees to accompany Tulip and secretly deliver the baby to her family using a makeshift flying craft that Tulip invented. They eventually crash, escape a pack of wolves that fall in love with the baby, and reach civilization, during which Junior and Tulip bond with the baby and name her Diamond Destiny. In the meantime, Henry and Sarah open up to Nate’s desire for a younger sibling and spend time with their son by building a landing platform for the storks.

text: Junior and Tulip encounter Jasper, who had followed them from Stork Mountain. Jasper has nearly repaired Tulip’s delivery beacon, but is missing one piece, which had been in Tulip’s possession for years. Junior confesses to Tulip that he was supposed to fire her, and a saddened Tulip leaves with Jasper to meet her family while Junior continues alone to deliver Diamond Destiny. Cornerstore’s pigeon employee Toady learns about Diamond Destiny and informs Hunter, who reroutes her address beacon and leads Junior into a trap. Hunter fires Junior and has Diamond Destiny taken away to live with penguins until she is an adult in order to silence the incident and prevent more plummeting stocks.

text: Tulip reunites with Junior and they return to Stork Mountain during the highly anticipated Storkcon event to save Diamond Destiny from the penguins. When they are cornered in the baby factory by Hunter and the other stork employees, Junior sends millions of archived letters from families into the baby-making machine, causing it to rapidly produce babies and distract the storks. Hunter seizes control of a giant crane and tries to destroy the factory, only to have Diamond Destiny and abused birds help make the Cornerstore building collapse off Stork Mountain, causing Hunter, who is entangled into the building cables and trapped inside the crane, to plummet to his death.

text: In the aftermath, Junior rallies the storks to deliver all the babies to their families. Junior, Tulip, and Jasper deliver Diamond Destiny to the Gardners, Tulip finally meets her family, and Junior and Tulip continue working as co-bosses at Stork Mountain.

text: Voice cast[edit]

text:
Andy Samberg as Junior, a white stork working at Cornerstore as the company's top delivery stork, in hope of being promoted to becoming boss.[4][5]
Katie Crown as Tulip, an 18-year-old orphan human worker at Cornerstore, who wishes to find her own family.[5]
Kelsey Grammer as Hunter, a golf-obsessed, evil and mean-spirited white stork and the executive CEO of Cornerstore, who has a hatred of baby delivery.[5][6][7] Years ago, he closed the baby production due to upgrading the company as a postal service.
Keegan-Michael Key as Alpha, a greedy-but caring wolf and the pack leader who wants to devour Junior and Tulip and adopt the baby.
Jordan Peele as Beta, Alpha's advisor. The wolf pack adore the infant Diamond Destiny as they treat her like one of their own.
Anton Starkman as Nate Gardner, a 10-year-old boy whose parents are busy and is surrounded by brotherhoods leaving him lonely.[5]
Jennifer Aniston as Sarah Gardner, Nate's workaholic overprotective mother who opposes the idea of a brother for work reasons, but changes her mind after Henry convinces her.[5][7]
Ty Burrell as Henry Gardner, Nate's workaholic father who supports the idea of a brother for family reasons.[5]
Stephen Kramer Glickman as Pigeon Toady, an awkward, nosy pigeon working at Cornerstone who is eager to get any kind of attention, and who goes after Junior and Tulip to confirm the delivery of the baby to Hunter.[5]
Danny Trejo as Jasper, a giant stork working at Cornerstore.[5] Before the baby process was shut down, Tulip was the last infant to be made, and Jasper wanted to keep her to himself.
Chris Smith as Dougland, a chicken incapable of flight who uses a jetpack.
Awkwafina as Quail

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text: Ike Barinholtz, Amanda Lund, and Jorma Taccone provide the miscellaneous stork voices.

text: Different baby sound effects were made to provide both Diamond Destiny's voice and other babies' voices too.

text: Production[edit]

text: The project was first announced in January 2013, when Warner Bros. formed its animation "think tank" with some directors and writers to develop animated films, Nicholas Stoller was hired by the studio to create and write Storks, while Doug Sweetland was attached to direct the film.[8] On April 20, 2015, Andy Samberg and Kelsey Grammer were added to the voice cast of the film, and it was announced that Stoller and Sweetland would co-direct the 3D film, while Stoller would produce the film along with Brad Lewis.[4] The original idea film was developed under Warner Bros. Animation.[4] Sony Pictures Imageworks provided the film's animation service.[9] Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele were also announced in the cast who provided their voices for the film.[6] On June 15, 2016, Jennifer Aniston was announced in the cast.[7]

text: Music[edit]

text: Soundtrack[edit]

text:
Storks: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Film score by Mychael Danna and Jeff Danna

Released
September 16, 2016

Recorded
2016

Genre
Film score

Length
49:49

Label
WaterTower Music

Producer
Mychael Danna
Jeff Danna

Mychael Danna film scores chronology

The Good Dinosaur
(2015)The Good Dinosaur2015
Storks
(2016)
Collateral Beauty
(2016)Collateral Beauty2016

Jeff Danna chronology

The Good Dinosaur
(2015) The Good Dinosaur2015
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(2016) Storks2016

text: The film’s score was composed by Mychael and Jeff Danna. The soundtrack also contains "Holdin' Out", performed by The Lumineers. The soundtrack was released on September 16, 2016, by WaterTower Music.

text: All music composed by Mychael Danna and Jeff Danna (except "Holdin' Out").

text:
[show]Track listing

No.
Title
Length

1.
"Stork Mountain"
1:08

2.
"Our New Phones"
0:42

3.
"Boss"
2:13

4.
"Orphan Tulip"
1:25

5.
"I Want a Baby Brother"
2:59

6.
"Bored, Bored, Bored"
0:36

7.
"Ninja Force Attack"
1:02

8.
"Monumental Screw Up"
1:40

9.
"The Baby Factory"
2:13

10.
"Deliver This Thing"
1:31

11.
"Five More Minutes, And Then We Stop"
1:40

12.
"Good Day Orphan Tulip"
1:07

13.
"Wolf Pack"
3:38

14.
"Fleeting Moments, Precious Memories"
1:40

15.
"You’ll Find Your Family"
1:31

16.
"Suddenly, You’re In a Suit"
0:54

17.
"Wolf Pack Minivan"
2:03

18.
"Defusing Diamond Destiny"
2:01

19.
"I Have the Missing Piece"
1:09

20.
"Tulip’s Family"
1:57

21.
"Gentrification"
1:36

22.
"Return To Cornerstore"
0:59

23.
"They Don’t Deliver Babies"
1:17

24.
"Sphericus"
1:24

25.
"Hand Over the Package"
0:56

26.
"A Million Babies"
1:55

27.
"Destroy the Baby Machine"
2:07

28.
"This Is Our Mission"
1:16

29.
"Always Deliver"
2:03

30.
"Holdin' Out" (performed by The Lumineers)
3:06

Total length:
49:49

text: Release[edit]

text: Storks was originally going to be released on February 10, 2017, which Warner Bros. had reset for The Lego Batman Movie.[10] The film was released on September 23, 2016, which was previously set for The Lego Ninjago Movie, which has now moved to a year later.[4] Storks is preceded by The Master, a five-minute short film based on the Lego Ninjago line of sets,[11] the short was later re-released in theatres with The Lego Batman Movie in selected theaters in the UK.

text: Home media[edit]

text: Storks was released by Warner Home Video on Blu-ray (2D, 3D and 4K Ultra HD) and DVD on December 20, 2016, with a digital release on December 6, 2016. Extras included a 2-minute short film, titled Storks: Guide to Your New Baby (with onscreen title Pigeon Toady's Guide to Baby's[12]), and the Lego Ninjago short film, The Master.[13][14]

text: Reception[edit]

text: Box office[edit]

text: Storks grossed $72.7 million in the United States and Canada and $109.7 million in other countries for a worldwide total of $182.4 million, against a budget of $70 million.[2]

text: In the United States and Canada, Storks opened alongside The Magnificent Seven was originally projected to gross around $30 million from 3,922 theaters in its opening weekend,[15][16] with some estimates reaching $36 million.[17] The Hollywood Reporter noted that in recent decades, Warner Bros. has not been able to produce very successful and lucrative animated films except for The Lego Movie in 2014 and that the studio is hoping Storks would duplicate that success.[18] It grossed $435,000 from its Thursday previews and just $5.7 million on its first day, lowering weekend projections to $20 million. It ended up opening to $21.8 million, finishing second at the box office behind The Magnificent Seven's $35 million debut.[19]

text: Internationally, the film opened in conjuncture with its North American debut across 34 foreign territories, including the likes of Russia, China, India and Japan.[16]

text: Critical response[edit]

text: On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 63% based on 115 reviews and has an average rating of 6/10. The site's consensus reads, "Colorful animation and a charming cast help Storks achieve a limited liftoff, but scattershot gags and a confused, hyperactively unspooled plot keep it from truly soaring."[20] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 56 out of 100 based on 31 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[21] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A–" on an A+ to F scale.[22]

text: Michael Rechtshaffen of The Hollywood Reporter gave the film a positive review and said: "There's a nice, snappy playfulness in the rapport between Samberg and engaging newcomer Crown. That lively, back-and-forth vibe also extends to the Aniston/Burrell and Key/Peele dynamic."[23] Peter Hartlaub of San Francisco Chronicle wrote: "Whoever is running Warner Animation Group appears to be allowing the lunatics to run the asylum. And that is a wonderful thing."[24] Tom Russo of The Boston Globe gave the film 3 stars out of 4 and said "Storks are known for delivering bundles that are irresistible, exhaustingly active at times, and frequently pretty darn messy. How completely appropriate, then, that Warner Bros.' 3-D animated feature Storks delivers the same."[25]

text: Owen Gleiberman of Variety gave the film a mixed review and called it "a strenuously unfunny animated comedy."[26] Samantha Ladwig of IGN gave the film 4.5/10 and said "Storks starts off well enough and delivers a few laughs, but ultimately it isn’t quite sure of what it is."[27] Jesse Hassenger of The A.V. Club noted the "filmmakers’ assumption [...] that if lines are said very fast and in silly voices, they will become funny," and criticized Warner Bros. for putting out a generic animation along the same, safe lines of what "other second-tier animation houses" are producing: "The Lego Movie brought with it the hope that the studio might reclaim some of the animation territory it has long ceded to other studios. Storks, though, is just another okay cartoon."[28]

text: Joe Morgenstern of Wall Street Journal gave the film a negative review, saying "The whole movie seems to be on fast-forward, with crushingly brainless dialogue, hollow imagery and no way of slowing down the febrile action or making sense of the chaotic plot."[29] Barbara VanDenburgh of The Arizona Republic said, "Storks is charmless with rote obligation. This is a kid’s film for hire, with none of the creativity, emotion and design that elevate the genre to art, or even simply a fun time at the movies."[30]

text: Accolades[edit]

text:
Award
Category
Recipient(s)
Result
Ref(s)

Annie Awards
Outstanding Achievement, Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production
Katie Crown
Nominated
[31]

Heartland Film Festival 2016
Truly Moving Picture Award
Nicholas Stoller
Won
[32]

Hollywood Film Awards
Hollywood Film Composer Award
Mychael Danna (also for Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk)
Won
[33]

Village Voice Film Poll
Best Animated Feature
"Storks"
Nominated
[34]


document_title: Peaky Blinders (TV series)

question_text: how many episodes of peaky blinders season 3

text: Peaky Blinders (TV series)

text: Overview[edit]

text: Peaky Blinders is a gangster family epic set in Birmingham, England in 1919, several months after the end of the First World War in November 1918. The story centres on the Peaky Blinders gang and their ambitious and highly cunning boss Tommy Shelby (played by Cillian Murphy). The gang comes to the attention of Chief Inspector Major Chester Campbell (played by Sam Neill), a detective in the Royal Irish Constabulary sent over by Winston Churchill from Belfast, where he had been sent to "clean up" the city of the Irish Republican Army (IRA), communists, gangs and common criminals.[9][10] Winston Churchill (played by Andy Nyman in series 1 and Richard McCabe in series 2) charged him with suppressing disorder and uprising in Birmingham and recovering a stolen cache of arms meant to be shipped to Libya.[11][12][13] The series concludes on 3 December 1919 – "Black Star Day", the event where the Peaky Blinders plan to take over Billy Kimber's betting pitches at the Worcester Races.

text: The second series sees the Shelby family expand their criminal organisation in the "South and North [of London] while maintaining a stronghold in their Birmingham heartland."[14] It begins in 1921 and ends with a climax at Epsom racecourse on 31 May 1922 – Derby Day .[15]

text: Series three starts and ends in 1924 as it follows Tommy and his family enter an even more dangerous world as they once again expand, this time, internationally. Internet-based film and TV news company Screen Rant said:

text:
“

The season revolves around the notion of social classes and empires, and how they rise and fall with a startling sort of predictability. As the show suggests, over time, empires become too big, too corrupt, and too complicated to sustain themselves and eventually, they collapse. …[T]he season expresses its fears of expansion by teaching Tommy a powerful lesson about the other sharks skulking around in criminal waters – especially when those criminals are the ones involved in governmental plots with massive geopolitical implications. Essentially, Peaky Blinders embarked on a fish out of water story by moving outside its own comfort zone and taking the risk of expanding too much and too quickly. There are times when that risk appears to have paid off[.][16]

”

text: Series three also features Paddy Considine as Father John Hughes; Alexander Siddig as Ruben Oliver, a painter whom Polly enlists to paint her portrait; Gaite Jansen as Russian Grand Duchess Tatiana Petrovna; and Kate Phillips as Linda Shelby, wife of Arthur.

text: Series four begins on Christmas Eve, 1925 and ends following the general strike of May 1926.

text: Cast[edit]

text: Main[edit]

text:
Cillian Murphy as Thomas 'Tommy' Shelby OBE DCM MM MP: The overall leader of the Peaky Blinders, and brother of Arthur, John, Ada, and Finn Shelby. Tommy served in World War I with the rank of Sergeant Major and was decorated for bravery. His experiences in World War I left him disillusioned and beset with ongoing nightmares.
Helen McCrory as Polly (Elizabeth) Gray, née Shelby: The aunt of Tommy and his siblings, and treasurer of the Peaky Blinders. She led the organisation when Tommy, Arthur, and John were fighting in World War I. Polly's two children, Anna and Michael, were taken away from her as infants. In series 2, Polly reunites with her son but learns her daughter had died.
Paul Anderson as Arthur Shelby, Jr.: The oldest Shelby sibling and the bulldog of the family. Arthur owns The Garrison. He also suffers from severe shell-shock or PTSD from his experiences in the war, and suffers from violent outbursts, constant mood swings, and attempts at suicide. Arthur is one of the leaders of the Peaky Blinders.
Sam Neill as Chester Campbell (series 1–2): An Ulster Protestant Irish Major drafted from Belfast to locate and recover a missing consignment of Lewis guns accidentally stolen by the Peaky Blinders. Campbell was illustrious for his work in ridding Belfast of its gang elements. Campbell also had developed a vendetta against the Peaky Blinders, in particular, Tommy Shelby, and vowed to destroy Tommy and the Peaky Blinders.
Annabelle Wallis as Grace Shelby née Burgess (series 1–3): A former undercover agent and Ulster Protestant Irish woman working with Chester Campbell. She was undercover as a barmaid at The Garrison.
Joe Cole as John Shelby (series 1–4): The third-youngest Shelby. He was a World War I veteran and was one of the Peaky Blinders' leaders. He was killed by members of the Changretta family who sought vengeance when John killed one of their own.
Sophie Rundle as Ada Thorne, née Shelby: The Shelby brothers' only sister. Ada is the only sibling initially not involved with the Peaky Blinders (by series 3 she takes over a leading position of the Shelby Company branch in the United States, dealing mostly with the legitimite business of the company). She had a son with Freddie Thorne, whom she named Karl (named after Karl Marx).

text: Supporting[edit]

text:
Tom Hardy as Alfie Solomons (series 2–4): The leader of a Jewish gang, in Camden Town. He is violent and unpredictable, but intelligent. Solomons runs a distillery disguised as a bakery.
Adrien Brody as Luca Changretta (series 4): A New York mafioso with a vendetta against the Shelby Family.
Aidan Gillen as Aberama Gold (series 4): A new and dangerous ally of the Shelby Family and lover to Polly Gray.
Charlotte Riley as May Carleton (series 2, 4): A wealthy widow who owns racehorses.
Paddy Considine as Father John Hughes (series 3): A priest working with Section D (The Economic League) in the British government.
Noah Taylor as Derby Sabini (series 2): The leader of an Italian gang in Camden Town.
Charlie Creed-Miles as Billy Kimber (series 1); a local kingpin who runs the local races.
Finn Cole as Michael Gray (series 2–present): Polly Gray's biological son.
Aimee-Ffion Edwards as Esme Shelby, née Lee (series 1–4): John Shelby's wife. Esme married John as part of a deal between the Peaky Blinders and the Lees (a Romani family) to form a partnership.
Kate Phillips as Linda Shelby (series 3–present): Wife of Arthur Shelby.
Charlie Murphy as Jessie Eden (series 4): An enigmatic union convenor and lover to Tommy Shelby.
Natasha O'Keeffe as Lizzie Stark : A former prostitute who works for Tommy as his secretary.
Gaite Jansen as Princess Tatiana Petrovna (series 3); Russian princess.
Iddo Goldberg as Freddie Thorne (series 1): a known communist who fought in the Great War as a sergeant alongside Tommy. Ada Shelby's husband.
Alexander Siddig as Ruben Oliver (series 3); a portrait artist in romantic relationship with Polly Gray
Jack Rowan as Bonnie Gold (series 4); Aberama Gold's boxing champion son

text: Recurring[edit]

text:
Harry Kirton as Finn Shelby (series 2–present); the fifth Shelby sibling.
Ned Dennehy as Charlie Strong: Owner of a boatyard and an uncle figure to Tommy.
Packy Lee as Johnny Dogs: A Romani friend of Tommy Shelby.
Ian Peck as Curly: Assistant to Charlie Strong.
Benjamin Zephaniah as Jeremiah Jesus: A preacher and friend of the Peaky Blinders.
Jordan Bolger as Isaiah Jesus (series 2–present): Jeremiah's son and a member of the Peaky Blinders
Tommy Flanagan as Arthur Shelby, Sr.  (series 1): the father of Tommy and his siblings and Polly's brother.
Alfie Evans-Meese as Finn Shelby (series 1): the fifth and youngest Shelby sibling.
Samuel Edward-Cook as Danny "Whizz-Bang" Owen (series 1): a former comrade of Tommy who fought in the Great War.
Andy Nyman as Winston Churchill (series 1)
David Dawson as Roberts (series 1): Billy Kimber's lawyer.
Tony Pitts as Sergeant/Inspector Moss;:a policeman on the Peaky Blinders' pay roll.
Kevin Metcalfe as Scudboat (series 1)
Neil Bell as Harry Fenton (series 1)
Lobo Chan as Mr Zhang (series 1): a Chinese businessman
Tom Vaughan-Lawlor as Malacki Byrne (series 1)
Keith Dunphy as Maguire (series 1)
Kunjue Li as Chinn (series 1)
Richard McCabe as Winston Churchill (series 2)
Adam El Hagar as Ollie (series 2): Alfie Solomons 's right hand
Sam Hazeldine as George Sewell (series 2): Derby Sabini's right hand
Paul Bullion as Billy Kitchen (series 2)
Rory Keenan as Donal Henry (series 2)
Simone Kirby as Irene O'Donnell (series 2)
Wanda Opalinska as Rosemary Johnson (series 2, 4): Michael Gray's foster mother
Erin Shanagher as Mrs. Ross (series 2, 4)
Daniel Fearn as King Maine (series 2, 4)
James Richard Marshall as Henry Russell (series 2)
James Eeles as Digbeth Kid (series 2)
Josh O'Connor as James (series 2)
Dorian Lough as Mario (series 2)
Adam Lawrence as young lover (series 2)
Jan Bijvoet as Grand Duke Leon Petrovna (series 3): Grand Duchess Izabella's husband
Dina Korzun as Grand Duchess Izabella (series 3): Princess Tatiana Petrovna's aunt
Stephanie Hyam as Charlotte Murray(series 3): Michael Gray's girlfriend
Kenneth Colley as Vicente Changretta (series 3): Luca Changretta's father
Bríd Brennan as Audrey Changretta (series 3–4): Luca Changretta's mother
Frances Tomelty as Bethany Boswell (series 3): a wise old Romani
Richard Brake as Anton Kaledin (series 3)
Alex Macqueen as Patrick Jarvis MP (series 3)
Wendy Nottingham as Mary (series 3): a housekeeper
Luca Matteo Zizzari as Matteo (series 4): one of Luca Changretta's henchmen
Jake J. Meniani as Frederico (series 4): one of Luca Changretta's henchmen
Dino Kelly as Goliath (series 4): a giant boxer and Alfie Solomons's nephew.
Kingsley Ben-Adir as Colonel Ben Younger (series 4)
Graeme Hawley as Niall Devlin (series 4): factory boss.
Pauline Turner as Frances (series 4); a housekeeper
Donald Sumpter as Arthur Bigge, 1st Baron Stamfordham; (series 4): King's Private Secretary
Jolyon Coy as Edward Roberts (series 4)
Jamie Kenna as Billy Mills (series 4)
Joseph Long as Chef (series 4)
Andreas Muñoz as Antonio (series 4)
Jenson Clarke as Charles Shelby (series 4): son of Tommy Shelby and Grace Burgess
Ethan Picard-Edwards as Billy Shelby (series 4): son of Arthur Shelby, Jr. and Linda Shelby

text: Episodes[edit]

text: Series overview[edit]

text: SeriesEpisodesOriginally airedAverage UK viewers(millions)First airedLast aired1612 September 2013 (2013-09-12)17 October 2013 (2013-10-17)2.38262 October 2014 (2014-10-02)6 November 2014 (2014-11-06)2.18365 May 2016 (2016-05-05)9 June 2016 (2016-06-09)2.384615 November 2017 (2017-11-15)20 December 2017 (2017-12-20)4.05

text: Series 1 (2013)[edit]

text:
No.overallNo. inseriesEpisodeDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateUK viewers(millions) [17]11Episode 1Otto BathurstSteven Knight12 September 2013 (2013-09-12)3.05
Following the Great War in 1919, the Peaky Blinders, led by Thomas "Tommy" Shelby, appropriates a consignment of guns from the local arms factory. Winston Churchill sends Inspector Campbell to Birmingham to retrieve the guns. Campbell reviews Tommy's record, which notes that he was a decorated former sergeant major. Aunt Polly urges Tommy to return the guns, but he feels that he can use them to his advantage. His brother Arthur does not agree with Tommy about fixing horse races, believing it will cause trouble with Billy Kimber, who runs the races. Inspector Campbell and his men capture Arthur and beat him while inquiring about the gun robbery. Campbell propositions Arthur and the gang to work with him to find the guns. Tommy's sister Ada is involved with Freddie Thorne, a communist. Barmaid Grace starts working at the bar. Unbeknownst to the Peaky Blinders, she has been placed in Birmingham by Inspector Campbell to help find the guns. Danny has another PTSD episode and kills an Italian business owner. To avoid a war with the Italians, Tommy agrees to kill Danny, with the Italians watching from across the canal. However, Danny's death is faked and he goes to London on a special assignment.
22Episode 2Otto BathurstSteven Knight19 September 2013 (2013-09-19)2.45
Tommy, Arthur and John meet up with the Lees to look at a horse for the next race. The Lees insult the Peaky Blinders, a fight breaks out and later Tommy receives a bullet with his name on it. Campbell's special force launches a surprise crackdown, targeting socialists and looking for the guns. Freddie and Ada manage to escape, but Freddie has to leave town. Campbell confronts Polly and attacks all the Shelby establishments. In retaliation, Tommy arranges for a reporter to write about a protest burning of the King's picture, which prompts Churchill to pressure Campbell. Tommy meets with Campbell, and gives him an ultimatum: if the Peaky Blinders are left alone, he will return the guns; if the Inspector interferes with his plans, Tommy will send the guns to the IRA and ruin Campbell's work in Belfast. Campbell agrees but later instructs Grace to get close to Tommy and find the location of the guns. Polly realizes Ada is pregnant and tells Tommy, who threatens to kill Freddie. However, he later tells Freddie to take Ada away; Freddie instead proposes to Ada and decides to stay in town. Billy Kimber and his men confront the Shelbies, but Tommy convinces them to join forces in fighting the Lees, their common enemy.
33Episode 3Otto BathurstSteven Knight26 September 2013 (2013-09-26)2.20
Ada and Freddie marry, and Aunt Polly gives them money to leave the country. Tommy's best efforts to keep the guns a secret, it seems that people keep finding out about them, including two IRA members. Grace overhears them trying to blackmail Tommy and follows one of them, but he attacks her. Grace manages to fight her attacker off by shooting him dead in self defence. Tommy warns Kimber that Lee's people will once again rob Kimber's bookies at the races. Tommy brings Grace as his date to Cheltenham races in an attempt to distract Kimber as well as convince him that he should hire the Blinders as his security. Kimber agrees if he can have some time alone with Grace, Tommy agrees. At the last minute, he has a change of heart and claims that Grace is actually a prostitute with 'the clap' (gonorrhea). Freddie decides Tommy is not going to scare him off and returns.
44Episode 4Tom HarperSteven Knight, Stephen Russell3 October 2013 (2013-10-03)2.31
Tommy has made the business legitimate by obtaining a betting licence. Although he doesn't quite trust her, and is suspicious of her, Tommy hires Grace as his secretary. John calls the family together to tell them he has decided his four children need a mother, and he has decided he wants to marry Lizzie, a local prostitute. Tommy disapproves because he doesn't think Lizzie has given up her former profession. The Lees rob the Shelbys' gambling den as revenge for the Peaky Blinders having protected Billy Kimber's bookies at the races. Tommy decides to call a truce with the Lee family so that he can have an ally against Billy Kimber and marries John to Lees' daughter Esme to consummate the agreement. Ada comes to the wedding, but goes into labour soon after. Freddie tries to come to see the new baby, but is arrested when he shows up.
55Episode 5Tom HarperSteven Knight, Toby Finlay10 October 2013 (2013-10-10)2.03
Believing Tommy betrayed Freddie, Ada does not want to see or speak to her family. Although Arthur Sr. (Tommy Flanagan) deserted the family a decade ago, he comes back into town. Tommy wants nothing to do with him, but Arthur Jr. believes he has changed and wants to do anything to help him, including financing the opening of hotels in America. However, Arthur Sr. takes off with the money Arthur Jr. gave him. When Arthur Jr. finally tracks his father down, Arthur Sr. admits he never had any plans and felt that the Shelby family owed him. An IRA member starts inquiring about the man Grace killed. Grace and Tommy kill the other IRA members. Now in love with Tommy, Grace tells Inspector Campbell, if she gives him the location of the guns, he has to leave Tommy and his family alone. She suspects the guns are buried in a false grave after discovering that Danny is not really dead, but in London on business for the Shelby family. Grace gives up the location to Inspector Campbell, and resigns service to the crown. As she has resigned, and the guns found, with the exception of one, Inspector Campbell proposes marriage, which Grace rejects.
66Episode 6Tom HarperSteven Knight17 October 2013 (2013-10-17)2.24
Inspector Campbell knows that Grace has been with Tommy. Nevertheless he confirms to Winston Churchill that Grace should receive some commendation for her part in finding the missing guns. Polly meets with Grace to reveal she knows Grace's secret and that she will never forgive her. The Peaky Blinders, led by Danny, spring Freddie from jail. Tommy gathers the Peaky Blinders and the Lees to take on Kimber's men at the tracks, but Kimber catches the Shelbies off guard and outnumbered by confronting them at home. Freddie helps the Peaky Blinders by bringing out the machine gun from the stolen weapons, but Ada jumps into the middle of the shoot out trying to bring peace. Kimber fires off at the Peaky Blinders, injuring Tommy and killing Danny. Tommy in turn shoots Kimber dead. Tommy meets Grace and she tells him she loves him and will go to London for a few days; she has an idea how they can be together. Tommy writes a letter and flips a coin to decide if he will go with Grace. As this happens, Campbell confronts Grace at the railway station and points his pistol at her. As the scene fades, there is a gunshot.

text: Series 2 (2014)[edit]

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No.overallNo. inseriesEpisodeDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateUK viewers(millions) [17]71Episode 1Colm McCarthySteven Knight2 October 2014 (2014-10-02)2.31
Grace shoots Campbell, leaving him lying in his own blood. Two years later, the Garrison is blown up while the family is attending Freddie Thorne's funeral. Tommy tries to get Ada to come back home as he is planning an expansion to London. Tommy goes to the Black Lion to confront those who he thinks blew up the Garrison. Instead he's taken to meet with the IRA and asked to murder someone – which he does. Tommy is informed that Campbell, now a major, is returning to Birmingham. The Shelby family has a meeting regarding the expansion of the bookie business, but Polly and Esme, John's wife, have reservations. Nonetheless, Tommy, Arthur, and John decide to get familiar with the London scene and cause a rumpus at Darby Sabini's club. Polly visits a medium for information on her children that were taken from her, which Esme discovers before being sworn to secrecy by Polly. Tommy hires Lizzie as his secretary. In retaliation for tearing-up Sabini's club, Sabini has his thugs kidnap and attempt to rape Ada, as well as beat Tommy to within an inch of his life. Major Campbell intervenes before Sabini and his men can finish him off. Campbell has agreed with Winston Churchill, that Tommy will be useful to them.
82Episode 2Colm McCarthySteven Knight9 October 2014 (2014-10-09)2.18
Major Campbell visits Tommy in the hospital and threatens him with the knowledge that he knows about the murder Tommy committed for the IRA, and has clearly had Tommy under surveillance for some time. Tommy discharges himself from hospital early, and takes a barge down to London. Tommy meets with vicious gang-leader Alfie Solomons (Tom Hardy) in Camden Town. Tommy has a hard time convincing Alfie that he should align with the Peaky Blinders against Sabini. Tommy tracks down Ada, and buys her a house as a means of laundering money. He also buys Polly a house. Esme has told Tommy about Polly trying to track down her children. Tommy tells Polly her daughter is dead, but he has managed to track down her son. Unfortunately, due to the law, Polly is unable to track down her son until he is 18 years of age. Arthur's flashbacks from the war are getting worse, and during one, he kills a boy during sparring. He starts using cocaine to self-medicate. Following the reopening of the Garrison, Polly's son, Michael shows up on her doorstep.
93Episode 3Colm McCarthySteven Knight16 October 2014 (2014-10-16)2.20
The Shelby brothers hire the Digbeth Kid, a neighborhood boy who loves cowboy movies, to get stood up for gambling to help the local cops meet their arrest quota. While in jail, Sabini's thugs murder the Digbeth Kid to get back at the Peaky Blinders for their intrusion on his turf. Polly and Michael try to get to know each other. Tommy and John meet with Billy, of the Black Country Boys, who fought with them in the war. Tommy tells Billy to round up his men for them to go to work in Camden Town for Alfie Solomons. Michael requests that Tommy gives him a job. Arthur is threatened by the mother of the boy he killed. Tommy tells Major Campbell that the officers played a joke on him and have boarded him in a house that is owned by a not-so-former Madam. The Shelby boys and Michael go to an auction to purchase a horse, and meet horse trainer May Carleton.
104Episode 4Colm McCarthySteven Knight23 October 2014 (2014-10-23)2.06
Tommy meets with his Irish handlers, only to find out they are backed by Major Campbell and the Crown. They order another hit, but Tommy turns them down. Arthur and boys attack one of Sabini's clubs. Tommy hires May Carleton to train his horse. Tommy wants to export whisky to America and Canada – currently under prohibition. Arthur's cocaine habit is starting to get out of control. Tommy tells him to straighten up or he's going to replace him with John. Tommy goes to visit Ada and finds out she has a lodger named James (Josh O'Connor). James is an artist, but Ada explains to Tommy, James is not interested in women. Tommy tells Ada he has set up a trust fund for John's children and her son, Karl. Alfie Solomons and Darby Sabini meet and patch up their differences. Michael and his new friend Isaiah, Jeremiah Jesus' son, try to drink in a bar, but get into a fight because they don't want a black man drinking there. Michael and Isaiah return to the Garrison, but when John and Arthur find out that the Shelby name was disrespected, they burn the bar. Tommy calls Grace in London but immediately hangs up without saying anything when a man answers.
115Episode 5Colm McCarthySteven Knight30 October 2014 (2014-10-30)2.10
Alfie Solomons hosts a Passover Seder and invites unaware Arthur and some of his men; who are soon equally slaughtered and has Arthur sent to prison. Major Campbell has Michael arrested as well. Sabini and the now gruesomely scarred Mario take back control of the Eden Club. Tommy finds his fledgling empire crumbling before him, as his power-base in London is obliterated. Tommy struggles to save his family and regain the upper hand, as the tentative Black Country/Brum alliance is in tatters after the untimely death of Billy Kitchen. Tommy further complicates his love life, by escorting the returning Grace to a passionate date, though still stringing May along, who had earlier expressed her feelings for him. Having slept with Tommy, Grace admits being in London with her husband to procure fertility treatment. Campbell forces Polly to have sex with him, in exchange for Michael's freedom. Tommy attempts to end his romantic relationship with May, though he still wants her to continue training his horse.
126Episode 6Colm McCarthySteven Knight6 November 2014 (2014-11-06)2.24
Tommy decides to settle all his affairs in case he meets an untimely death. He also meets with Alfie Solomons regarding business contracts. Alfie gets Arthur out of prison. Derby Day has arrived. Polly tries to pay off Michael to get him to leave. Tommy collects the Peaky Blinders and gives them their mission at the races. Without firing a shot, they are to collect and burn the licences of Derby Sabini's bookies and steal the bets. Tommy runs into Grace who informs him she's pregnant. Tommy tells her after the race, they will talk. Tommy completes his mission for Major Campbell, but at Lizzie's expense. Major Campbell's men from Northern Ireland, members of the Ulster Volunteers, kidnap Tommy and take him to an empty field while Aunt Polly meets with Major Campbell and shoots him. Michael decides he wants in on the family business.

text: Series 3 (2016)[edit]

text:
No.overallNo. inseriesEpisodeDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateUK viewers(millions) [17]131Episode 1Tim MielantsSteven Knight5 May 2016 (2016-05-05)2.95
The series picks up two years later, in 1924, with Thomas Shelby's wedding to Grace Burgess. The Shelby family and their kin have been invited, as well as Grace's family. Composed of cavalrymen, Irish members of the British Army, Grace's family dismays the Shelby family, due to the cavalry's late arrival on the battlefield during the war. The Peaky Blinders have a meeting in the kitchen, where Thomas, in a state of stress, orders the men to be on their best behaviour. Meanwhile, a refugee from Russia, named Anton Kaledin, makes contact with the Peaky Blinders, offering the code "Constantine" as confirmation for the money-exchange meeting with the young Duchess Tatiana Petrovna (Gaite Jansen). Thomas informs her that Kaledin provided the wrong code name, meaning the man must be killed. Arthur confides in Thomas, not wanting to do the job they must carry out, but Thomas tells him they have no choice, or else Tommy will hang. In the end, Arthur kills the impostor.
142Episode 2Tim MielantsSteven Knight12 May 2016 (2016-05-12)2.43
Thomas goes to the Lanchester Factory to inspect armoured vehicles, which are part of a business deal between him and Father John Hughes. After their meeting, Thomas visits the Ritz Hotel to meet with Mr. Romanov, who pays him, with a sapphire, for murdering Kaledin. Arthur and John Shelby meet with Vicente Changretta, who demands an explanation for the burning down of his son's restaurant. John ignores his questions, threatens him, and after Vincent publicly vows to murder him, John beats and cuts Angel Changretta. During a family meeting with the Shelbys, Thomas sides with John, to the surprise of Arthur and Polly. At the Shelby Parlour, Thomas is taken into a prison cell by London coppers and is greeted by Father Hughes. Hughes tells Thomas he will kill Charlie if Tommy visits his sister Ada again, due to her communist connections and that he has easy access to his family. Thomas heads home and finds a card under his son's pillow, which reads: "Charles Shelby – R.I.P.". During a conversation with Grace about the Shelby Charity Foundation dinner, Thomas gives her the sapphire, which she wears at the event. Father Hughes and Patrick Jarvis meet with Thomas, informing him that the Russians want to inspect the vehicles. Later, Tatiana tells Thomas the sapphire Grace is wearing was cursed by a Romani. Thomas attempts to get Grace to take off the necklace, telling her he cannot have anything bad happen to her. A man enters with a gun and shouts "For Angel!", shooting Grace in the upper chest. Arthur, John and Finn brutally beat the man to death as the event turns to chaos with Thomas shouting for an ambulance.
153Episode 3Tim MielantsSteven Knight19 May 2016 (2016-05-19)2.20
Following Grace's funeral, Thomas calls a meeting with Aunt Polly and Michael, and gives them a list of things to do for their "legitimate" business. Afterwards, Arthur and John are ushered in. Thomas tells them to retrieve Vicente Changretta alive and shoot Changretta's wife, but the two are reluctant to murder her. During a family meeting, the Shelbys realise that Thomas has gone, having left a note behind that he'll be back in a few days. Elsewhere, Thomas is heading to Wales with the sapphire necklace. There, he confers with a Romani, whom he asks whether the sapphire is cursed. Leaving the necklace with the woman, he's able to return home with some sense of normality. In the meantime, Arthur and John have procured Changretta, who Thomas threatens to torture, but Arthur shoots in the head as an act of mercy. Back at the mansion, following her help in finding the Soviet informant in the Economic League, Thomas invites Ada to head the family's future office in America. Armed with the name of the informant, Thomas interrupts a meal hosted by the Grand Duchess Izabella Petrovna and secretly alerts her of the information he has acquired. Princess Tatiana sees Thomas to his car, and he tells her that Hughes is the one betraying them to the Soviets and offers to kill him, free of charge.
164Episode 4Tim MielantsSteven Knight26 May 2016 (2016-05-26)2.19
Easter 1924. The Shelbys receive news that their father has died and Tommy announces the plan to his brothers: they will have been hired to provide the Russians with weapons for a rebellion stolen from a train and will, in turn, be paid in jewels but, believing they will betray him, Tommy plans to break into their vault. Linda tells Arthur she is pregnant and wants him out of the family business, which he agrees to do after the job with the Russians is over. His vagueness irritates Linda who demands a bigger cut for Arthur so they can move to America together and convinces Polly, Esme and Lizzie agree to strike, forcing Tommy to reveal the plan of the assassination to Polly. After drinking during a portrait painting session with Oliver, she goes to the Church, inadvertently revealing the plan to the priest during confession, who tells Father Hughes about it. Knowing he is the target, Hughes foils the Peaky Blinders' attempt on his life. Hughes humiliates Tommy, making him apologise for wrongly accusing him in front of Tatiana and her family. He then has Tommy seriously injured, who discovers the actual intent of the robbery, and realizes that his family will lose.
175Episode 5Tim MielantsSteven Knight2 June 2016 (2016-06-02)2.24
Three months later, Tommy has recovered and the planned massive heist involving the Russians is drawing near. Tommy enlists the Peaky Blinders' old antagonist Alfie Solomons to appraise the Russian's jewels, ruining their plan to give Tommy fakes. The Peaky Blinders begin to tunnel underneath their mansion. Tommy makes a deal with the Soviets to ensure the guns on the train will be useless, negating the need to blow up the train and sabotaging the plan to plant evidence at the scene of the explosion incriminating the USSR thus causing an international incident which would lead to Britain cutting off diplomatic relations with Russia. Ada officially joins the Shelby company when she is offered a place in their new Boston office. After previously revealing that he was abused by Hughes, Michael reveals that he too, wishes to kill the priest but Polly tells Tommy that she will bring the business to its knees should her son be the murderer.
186Episode 6Tim MielantsSteven Knight9 June 2016 (2016-06-09)2.27
Thomas's son, Charlie, is kidnapped. Father Hughes reveals to Thomas that he knows about his subterfuge, including the tunnel into the Russian vault and sabotaging the train bombing plot. He demands the jewels as payment and for Thomas himself blow up the train – which must kill six people, in exchange for the safe return of his son. Thomas agrees unconditionally. After some investigation he discovers that Alfie Solomons divulged the plans to Father Hughes. During a confrontation Michael kills Alfie's associate, but Thomas cannot bring himself to kill Alfie. Thomas figures out where Charlie is being held and sends Michael to retrieve him and kill Father Hughes. At the same time Arthur and John set off to carry out the train bombing in case Michael can't rescue Charlie in time. Even though Michael is successful, word doesn't reach the Shelbys in time, and the train is blown up. Meanwhile, Thomas frantically completes the tunnel and blasts into the Russian's vault, stealing several jewels and a valuable Fabergé egg. With his son safe, he meets with Grand Duchess Tatiana, who has been in on the jewel heist the whole time, and plans on taking her share to Vienna. Thomas returns home to distribute the remaining loot to his accomplices, but at the end of the meeting announces the police are at the residence to arrest everyone. The rest of the Peaky Blinders and Shelby family are taken away in handcuffs.

text: Series 4 (2017)[edit]

text:
No.overallNo. inseriesTitleDirected byWritten by Original air dateUK viewers(millions) [17]191"The Noose"David CaffreySteven Knight15 November 2017 (2017-11-15)4.12
As Arthur, John, Michael and Polly prepare to hang for their crimes, Tommy's reprieve comes just in time to save their lives. Following their release, the Shelby family is scattered and estranged from one another. On Christmas of 1925, Ada returns from Boston and visits each of them: John and Esme continue their relationship of sex and arguments, Arthur remains stifled by Linda's watchful eye, Michael has begun using cocaine to stay on top of the business and Polly has fallen into a alcohol-fuelled mania, taking prescribed tablets to quell her visions of spirits. Tommy meets with Michael advises him to dispose of Polly's medication and help her through her mental illness without them. Each of the Shelbys receive a letter from Luca Changretta, a member of the Sicilian mafia, marking them for death in retribution for the murder of Angel and Vincente. Tommy and Ada attempt to convince the others to meet on Boxing Day, believing that they will be easier to pick off if they remain separated. However, when Tommy discovers and kills a mafia agent among his staff, he realises the assassination attempts are due to take place on Christmas Day and tries to get word to the rest of the family. After taking Polly and Ada to the meeting, Michael goes to collect John and Esme who Tommy could not get in contact with. A cart pulls up and John and Michael are riddled by a hail of bullets.
202"Heathens"David CaffreySteven Knight22 November 2017 (2017-11-22)3.86
Michael survives his injuries but John is killed. In the wake of his death, Tommy and the rest of the Shelby family agree to put their differences aside while they deal with the mafia threat. Tommy suggests contacting Aberama Gold, a killer-for-hire, something Polly is strongly against. Disobeying her orders, Tommy uses John's funeral to draw Gold out so that they can make a tentative deal. Enraged, Polly attempts to get Michael to flee with her to Australia but he refuses until she helps the family through their current predicament, something she reluctantly agrees to. Linda discovers that Ada is under investigation by the government because of her marriage to a communist but doesn't pass the message on. Gold agrees to fight for the Shelbys if they take on his son, Bonnie. After seeing him knock out a man much larger than him, Tommy and Arthur officially induct him into the Peaky Blinders. Jessie rallys Tommy's workforce and convinces the entire factory to strike. Changretta visits Tommy and lays several bullets on the table, stating that each is for a member of the Shelby family. He plans to keep Tommy alive until the rest are dead but insists that their vendetta be an honourable one, with Tommy agreeing not to involve the police or the death of children or civilians.
213"Blackbird"David CaffreySteven Knight29 November 2017 (2017-11-29)3.96
The Italians launch another attack on the Peaky Blinders. Tommy realises that the Shelbys need to evolve if they are to survive, but some of the family are reluctant to part with tradition. As the strike takes hold at the Lanchester factory, Tommy pays a personal visit to Jessie Eden, but he is outmanoeuvred when she reveals something she knows about his past. Changretta plots to continue the vendetta in the most devastating way possible. As well as identifying an enemy of the Shelby family who could help him, Luca makes direct contact with someone at the heart of the Peaky Blinders organisation.
224"Dangerous"David CaffreySteven Knight6 December 2017 (2017-12-06)3.87
The Peaky Blinders are lured by the Italians into a cat-and-mouse chase on the streets of Birmingham, where it becomes clear that Tommy has met his match. Trapped in Small Heath, Tommy tries to console himself with a visit from an old flame but it soon becomes clear that he can't always get what he wants. As his factory lies idle, Tommy confronts the possibility that the Communists might win and he will be deemed a traitor to his class. Meanwhile, Changretta prepares to spring another trap.
235"The Duel"David CaffreySteven Knight13 December 2017 (2017-12-13)4.06
Thomas Shelby has figured out Polly and Michael have betrayed him but goes to the meeting Polly has set for him and finds himself engaged in bloody battle with Luca Changretta and his gang. Thomas has prepared for the battle ahead of time and manages to single-handedly kill three of Luca's gang members before coming face to face with Luca, however the police arrive and break up the fight. The family gather to find out what happened, Tommy explains what happened, it appears he had been in on it with Polly, he does not tell the family of Michael's betrayal. Lizzie Stark has even greater news to break. Polly Shelby shares a rather magical woodland scene with Aberama Gold. Meanwhile, an army colonel has questions for Ada Shelby about her past as a communist, and Jessie Eden confirms just how far she is prepared to go in pursuit of her cause. And sensing an opportunity to capitalise on his situation, Luca Changretta makes his way to London to present a plan to Alfie Solomons.
246"The Company"David CaffreySteven Knight20 December 2017 (2017-12-20)4.44
As the stage is set for the boxing match between Bonnie Gold and Goliath, Tommy gets a visit from Alfie.  The Shelby girls meet to discuss Lizzie's pregnancy.  Tommy watches the match ringside with Arthur who is worried about Goliath's seconds.  When one of the men leaves the arena, Arthur follows in pursuit and is mortally wounded.  At Arthur's funeral, the widow Changretta approaches with a white flag.  Later at the family home, she reveals the vendetta will be over if Tommy signs over all his assets to Luca Changretta.  Luca and his men meet with the remaining Shelbys in Tommy's basement distillery to sign the documents.  Tommy reveals to Luca that he has sent Michael to America to let the mafiosos know that Luca died in the vendetta.  Realizing he has been outmaneuvered, Luca attacks Tommy, and a fight ensues.  As Tommy is getting the upper hand, Arthur enters the distillery and shoots Luca.  It is revealed that Tommy had Arthur fake his death to lure Luca into the trap. The Shelby's celebrate the end of the vendetta at Tommy's countryside estate, and it is announced that Tommy will be retiring from the business.  Tommy confronts Alfie for his betrayal, who reveals he did so knowing Tommy would track him down and kill him, and that he has cancer. Tommy then kills Alfie and proceeds to take his holiday. However, as the boredom from fishing and golf sets in, Tommy's post-traumatic stress comes back, and he returns to Small Heath.  Tommy returns to Shelby Company, Ltd., and contacts Jessie to let her know he wants to help her and thus acquires the name of her Communist party contacts.  He takes this information to the Crown to secure an endorsement for his campaign for Member of Parliament, an election which Tommy wins.

text: Production[edit]

text: Series 1[edit]

text: Peaky Blinders was created by Steven Knight, directed by Otto Bathurst, and produced by Katie Swinden. The writers are listed as Steven Knight, David Leland, Stephen Russell and Toby Finlay.[18]

text: The series was filmed in Birmingham, Bradford, Dudley, Leeds, Liverpool and Port Sunlight.[19] Railway sequences were filmed between Keighley and Damems, using carriages from the Ingrow Museum of Rail Travel (owned by Vintage Carriages Trust[20]) and carriages owned by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Trust.[21] Many of the scenes for the show were shot at the Black Country Living Museum.[22]

text: Sam Neill enlisted the help of Northern Irish actors James Nesbitt and Liam Neeson to help him perfect a Northern Irish accent for the role of C.I. Campbell. In the end, he had to tone down the accent since the series is being marketed in the United States.[23]

text: Controversially the production did not hire linguists to assist in the show, leading to the gypsies frequently speaking broken Romanian (as opposed to Romani) until series three.

text: Series 2[edit]

text: A second series was commissioned shortly after the broadcast of the first and aired in the autumn of 2014.[24] On 11 January 2014, auditions were held in Digbeth area of Birmingham (near where parts of the series are set) for white and mixed race teenage male extras, resulting in lengthy queues.[25][26]

text: Series 3[edit]

text: Shortly after the final episode of the second series, the show announced via its official Twitter account that it had been renewed for a third series.[27] On 5 October 2015, the official Peaky Blinders Twitter account announced that filming had begun for series 3.[28] Filming wrapped on 22 January 2016, after 78 days of shooting.[29][30]

text: Series 4 and 5[edit]

text: During the initial broadcast of series 3, BBC Two renewed Peaky Blinders for series 4 and 5. Both 4 and 5 will follow suit for six episodes each.[31] Filming for series 4 started in March 2017 and premiered on 15 November 2017.[32] Creator and writer Steven Knight will return to write every episode of series 4 and 5. Cillian Murphy has also confirmed his return for both series; the rest of the main cast are expected to return as well, and it was announced that Charlotte Riley is returning as May Carleton. Adrien Brody and Aidan Gillen have been cast as new characters.[5] On 13 October 2017, it was confirmed that the show will not include The Weinstein Company or its logo in its credits from the fourth series onward, even though the company was formerly involved in the US distribution of the series.[33]

text: Reception[edit]

text: Reception for Peaky Blinders has been largely positive, with notable praise for its writing, acting, visual style, and stylish cinematography. David Renshaw of The Guardian summarised the series as a "riveting, fast-paced tale of post-first world war Birmingham gangsters", praising Murphy as the "ever-so-cool Tommy Shelby" and the rest of the cast for their "powerful performances."[34] Sarah Compton of The Telegraph gave the series a 4/5 rating, praising the show for its originality and "taking all of our expectations and confounding them."[35] Alex Fletcher from Digital Spy believes that "Peaky Blinders has started as sharp as a dart,"[36] while Den of Geek called the series "the most intelligent, stylish and engrossing BBC drama in ages."[37] Cult TV Times critic Hugh David said the show "warrants the billing" by "managing to tick several ratings boxes – period drama, gangster epic, film star leads – yet go against the grain of those in the most interesting of ways."[38]

text: The show has been particularly celebrated for its stylish cinematography and charismatic performances, as well as for casting an eye over a part of England and English history rarely explored on television.[39] Historians have been divided over whether bringing characters and events from other decades into a 1920s story undermines claims to historical accuracy, or whether working-class life in the period is nevertheless depicted in a truthful and resonant way.[40] Reviews for the second series have remained positive, with Ellen E. Jones of The Independent commenting that "Peaky Blinders can now boast several more big-name actors to supplement the sterling work of Cillian Murphy, Helen McCrory and Sam Neill", referring to second series additions Tom Hardy and Noah Taylor.[41]

text: Several critics have also favourably compared the show to US drama Boardwalk Empire,[42][43] which shares the same themes and historical context. Show writer Steven Knight stated in an early interview: "Do you know – and I'm not just saying this – but I've never watched them. I've never seen The Wire, I've never seen Boardwalk Empire, I've never seen any of them." When asked if he deliberately avoided watching these dramas, he responded: "It's sort of deliberate in that I don't really want to be looking at other people's work because it does affect what you do inevitably."[44] On 2 March 2016, Steven Knight told the Crime Scene Quarterly, "I've had unsolicited communication from Michael Mann, the film director, from Dennis Lehane, Snoop Dogg – he's such a fan. And the late David Bowie was a huge fan – more of that to come" (strongly hinting Bowie's involvement on Series 3). It was later confirmed that David Bowie's music would be featured, and Leonard Cohen had also written a new song for series 3.[45][46][47]

text: Accolades[edit]

text:
Series
Award
Category
Nominee(s)
Result

1
BAFTA Television Craft Awards
Best Director: Fiction
Otto Bathurst
Won

Best Original Television Music
Martin Phipps
Nominated

Best Photography and Lighting: Fiction
George Steel
Won

Best Production Design
Grant Montgomery
Nominated

Best Sound: Fiction
Stuart Hilliker, Brian Milliken, Matthew Skelding, Lee Walpole
Nominated

Best Special Visual Effects
Bluebolt (VFX), Rushes (Colourist)
Nominated

Biarritz International Festival of Audovisual Programming
Best Actor in a TV Series or Serial
Cillian Murphy
Won

Best Actress in a TV Series or Serial
Helen McCrory
Won

Best Music in a TV Series or Serial
Martin Phipps
Won

Crime Thriller Awards UK
Best Supporting Actress
Helen McCrory
Nominated

RTS Programme Awards
Best Drama Series
"production team"
Won

RTS Craft & Design Awards
Best Costume Design: Drama
Stephanie Collie
Won

Best Make-Up Design: Drama
Loz Schiavo
Nominated

Best Production Design: Drama
Grant Montgomery
Nominated

Judges' Award
"production team"
Won

Televisual Bulldog Awards
Best Drama One-Off or Serial
"production team"
2nd Place

2
BAFTA Television Awards
Best Drama Series
"production team"
Nominated

BAFTA Television Craft Awards
Best Make-Up and Hair
Loz Schiavo
Nominated

Best Photography and Lighting: Fiction
Simon Dennis
Nominated

Best Production Design
Grant Montgomery
Nominated

IFTA Film and Television Awards
Best Leading Actor in a Drama Series
Cillian Murphy
Nominated

Best Costume Design
Lorna Marie Mugan
Won

Best Director: Drama Series
Colm McCarthy
Nominated

RTS Programme Awards
Best Drama Series
"production team"
Nominated

RTS Craft & Design Awards
Best Photography: Drama
Simon Dennis
Nominated

Writers' Guild of Great Britain Awards
Best TV Drama – Long Form
Steven Knight
Nominated

3
National Television Awards
Best Period Drama Series
"Production team"
Nominated

Best Drama Performance
Cillian Murphy
Nominated

Irish Film and Television Awards
Best Leading Actor in a Drama Series
Cillian Murphy
Won

4

BAFTA Television Awards
Best Drama Series
production team
Won

BAFTA Television Craft Awards
Best Costume Design
Alison McCosh
Nominated

Best Editing: Fiction
Dan Roberts (Episode 5)
Nominated

Best Make Up & Hair Design
Loz Schiavo
Nominated

Best Sound: Fiction
Forbes Noonan, Ben Norrington, Jim Goddard, Grant Bridgeman
Nominated

Best Writer: Drama
Stephen Knight
Nominated

TV Choice Awards
Best Drama Series
production team
Pending

Best Actor
Cillian Murphy
Pending

Best Actress
Helen McCrory
Pending

text: Broadcast and release[edit]

text: On 24 September 2014, it was announced that Netflix had acquired exclusive US distribution rights from the Weinstein Company and Endemol. The entirety of series 1 became available for streaming on 30 September 2014; series 2 launched in November 2014.[48] Series 3 was made available 31 May 2016.[49] Due to licensing restrictions, however, most of the show's original soundtrack is not available on the Netflix-distributed version of the series.[50]