Watch Tom Hardy debut as London gangster in Peaky Blinders (VIDEO)

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Tom Hardy makes his debut in BBC2 period drama Peaky Blinders on Thursday.

Film star Tom plays Alfie Solomons, a dangerous and unpredictable London crimelord whose base is Camden Town, at end of the Grand Union canal which connects Birmingham to London.

The ambitious Tommy Shelby (Cillian Murphy) plans to move beyond his Midlands base, a move which looks set to lead to conflict with Solomons.

Peaky Blinders continues Thursdays at 9pm on BBC Two, with catch-up on BBC iPlayer.

Watch a preview of Tom Hardy as Solomons here.

http://youtube.com/v/BDwoUFbZalw

Patrick McLennan
Patrick McLennan

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 

An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.