'Peaky Blinders': What is Aunt Polly up to in the fifth season?

Aunt Polly had been spearheading the Shelby business when the men were out at war but even now, her hold over the family continues to be strong.

Helen McCrory's character, Aunt Polly, in BBC One's Steven Knight-created drama, 'Peaky Blinders', has been one of the most appealing female characters on television. As a perfect counterpart to the Shelby clan leader, Thomas Shelby- played beautifully by Cillian Murphy- Aunt Polly had held the family together when the men were out at war. She continues to be the head of the family, the only one from whom Thomas seeks advice for his business. It seems that in the fifth season Aunt Polly will emerge as the real boss of the Peaky Blinders. 

The Steven Knight created-show starring Cillian Murphy (as Thomas Shelby), Paul Anderson (as Arthur Shelby), Helen McCrory (as Aunt Polly) and Sophie Rundle (as Ada Shelby) follows the infamous Birmingham gang who use their blinder caps to slit the eyes of their enemies. Set in the earlier decades of the 1900s 'Peaky Blinders' is an adapted tale of Knight's ancestors who were notoriously known as the Peaky Blinders for their fabled bohemian lifestyle and their disreputable actions such as murder and theft. Director Anthony Byrne has given us yet another glance into the dingy world of Birmingham, and this time it is Aunt Polly who appears to be clad as the perfect gangster. 

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