'Peaky Blinders': Will Arthur return to take up his place in the fifth season?
Thomas Shelby might be the protagonist of BBC One's Steven Knight-created show, 'Peaky Blinders', but it is his eldest brother, Arthur Shelby, who truly represents what the Peaky Blinders stand for. Starring Cillian Murphy as Thomas Shelby, Paul Anderson as Arthur Shelby, Helen McCrory as Polly Gray, and Kate Philips as Linda, the show is set to return for the fifth season where the notorious Birmingham gang will face their most ruthless enemy, a mafia from Glasgow; and probably Arthur, too, will return to take up his place as the Deputy Vice President of the Shelby Company Ltd.
In the fourth season, following the death of their youngest brother, John (played by Joe Cole), Arthur was almost on the verge of giving up everything related to the family business. Known for being more about brawn than brain, the eldest Shelby brother is one of the rare characters on the show who has completely embodied the rugged genus of the Peaky Blinders. After returning from the First World War, in France, where he had fought in the trenches alongside his brothers, Thomas and John, Arthur had assumed that he would be spearheading the Shelby business but his lack of leadership qualities only saw him relegated as Thomas' right-hand, who in spite of being second in line, assumed the role as the family's head.
