How did Alfie betray Tommy?

After some investigation, Tommy discovers that Alfie divulged the plans to Father Hughes of the Oddfellows, thereby betraying Tommy. During a confrontation, Tommy's cousin Michael Gray (Finn Cole) kills Alfie's associate, but Alfie talks Tommy out of killing him.
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How did Tommy Shelby get betrayed?

The failed assassination of Oswald Mosley

Tommy publicly agreed to an alliance so that he could spy on Mosley's sedition and sell his secrets to British Intelligence (as he'd also done with Communist activist Jessie Eden, whose plans Tommy sold in exchange for lucrative military contracts).
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Did Alfie Solomons betray Tommy in season 4?

Working from Camden Town, Alfie was an expert in smuggling and cooking the books, something Tommy needed outside of Birmingham. That all came to an end in season four though, as Alfie betrayed Tommy during the American mafia's attempted takeover of the English crime world.
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Who betrayed Tommy Shelby about the tunnel?

Nope, the rat is none other than Alfie Solomons, the Jewish London gangster played by Tom Hardy, who already double crossed the Shelbys in season 2. What do they say? Fool me once, shame on you.
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What did Alfie Solomons do to Arthur Shelby?

Plot. Arthur and Billy Alfie Solomons invites Arthur and Billy Kitchen over for Passover at the distillery. Things escalate rather quickly after Alfie sacrifices the goat named after Thomas, and shoots Billy Kitchen in the head. He has his men tie up Arthur Shelby Jr.
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Is Alfie Solomons a villain?

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He has no trouble manipulating others, including Thomas, as long as it gets him what he wants. He's even willing to let others die for his needs. Though he's technically a good guy by the end of season 5, he's not a good person at his core.
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What did Sabini take from Tommy's mouth?

Their raid gains the attention of the other faction in London, the Jews, who invite him to a sit down. However, Thomas is set upon by Sabini and his thugs, who slice the inside of Thomas's mouth with the sharp end of a razor, while his sister Ada is also accosted.
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Who ruined Tommy Shelby's plan?

Tommy's assassination plan for the leader of the British Union of Fascists, Sir Oswald Mosley (Sam Claflin who returns as part of Peaky Blinders season 6's cast), ended in bloody disaster, with the deaths of his men Barney Thompson, and Aberama Gold.
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Did Michael GREY betray Tommy?

Michael returns to England and is treated with contempt from the Shelby family as they believe he is a traitor, even his own mother Polly and especially Tommy. Throughout Series 5 Michael plots to replace Tommy as head of the company, likely due to the manipulation of Gina.
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Who told the Odd Fellows about the egg?

Thomas starts accusing everyone in his immediate family Ada, John, Polly and Arthur telling that any one of them had leaked the information out as they were the only ones he told about the Faberge Egg. Thomas in the end tells Polly it must be Reuben Oliver, her new lover, as she must've leaked it when she was drunk.
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Is Alfie Solomons a ghost?

Before us appeared a ghost from Peaky's past. Alfie Solomons (Tom Hardy) was back from the dead, turned away by Hades himself. The Jewish gangster, who Tommy Shelby (Cillian Murphy) first clashed with in the crime drama's second season, had somehow survived a shot to the face at the end of season four.
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Was there a real Alfie Solomons?

Alfie Solomon was arrested for shooting the real life Billy Kimber in 1921, who fans will remember as the original antagonist of the Peaky Blinders in the first season. He was again arrested in 1924 for shooting two bookies, for which he served three years.
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Who shot Alfie in the face?

But after Alfie shot Tommy in the side, Tommy pulled the trigger and shot Alfie in the face. Alfie has been in the show for three series, joining in the second run back in 2014.
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Was Finn Shelby a traitor?

But probably the most shocking thing in the last and final episode of Peaky Blinders was Finn Shelby's betrayal of the family. Yes! You heard it right the little Finn we all adored in the first season grows up to betray the family. While the episode does show his betrayal, it leaves the reasons unrevealed.
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Why did Finn betray the Shelbys?

Others joined the conversation to remind us that Finn had actually betrayed the Shelby family last season by acting as an informant for Billy Grade. One explained: "Billy was quite blatantly obviously an informant, and the Shelbys knew it. They were distrusting of Finn because he trusted Billy far too much.
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Did Billy Grade betray Tommy Shelby?

Tommy is left wondering who betrayed them. Peaky Blinders' season 6 episode 5 confirmed that Billy Grade was the "black cat" who outed Tommy's assassination plan to the IRA.
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Is Gina Gray a traitor?

Peaky Blinders' Gina Gray Will Be Season 6's True Villain - Not Oswald Mosley. Oswald Mosley has been the show's main villain for season 5, crossing over into season 6, however, it's hinted that Gina Gray is the true villain.
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Who is the man Tommy Shelby Can't defeat?

From episode 1, we were dissecting his character and psyche by taking him to the edge of oblivion. Mosley is a massive part of that destruction because it's an antagonist that he can't defeat.
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Who is the traitor in peaky blinders season 6?

Billy Grade (Emmett J Scanlan) is revealed to be the informant or 'black cat' that betrayed the Peaky Blinders.
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Does Johnny betray Tommy?

He asks the right things, and throughout this, he never loses Tommy's trust.” They concluded: “Tommy, who trusts no one and compliments, no one keeps reaffirming the fact that Johnny Dogs is the only person he trusts and he will never betray him.”
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Is Gina sleeping with Mosley?

By 1934 that 'love' for Michael seems to have faded as Gina is caught by Tommy having sex with Oswald Mosley revealing Gina to not only being unfaithful but also doubtful that ever loved Michael putting into Gina's narcissistic and selfish personality.
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Who is the traitor in Peaky Blinders season 3?

Many heartbroken viewers will spot that Formby Beach in Liverpool was the spot where Alfie Solomons (played by Tom Hardy) admitted his betrayal to Tommy, and basically forced Tommy into shooting him dead after confessing that he had cancer. It was very emotional.
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Do they drink real alcohol on Peaky Blinders?

The whiskey that is drunk in Peaky Blinders is the Gallglennie Whiskey. However, this whiskey does not really exist but it was invented by the makers of the series. By the way, the actors do not drink real whiskey during the filming. Instead of whiskey they use tea.
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What illness does Tommy Shelby have?

Following the X-Rays he was forced to take at the sanatorium where Ruby was treated and died, Tommy also gets a diagnosis. His lungs are clear of tuberculosis, but he has developed a tuberculoma.
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Who blew up Tommy's Pub?

Thomas is lying to Solomon in order to provide credentials that he's an expert with explosives, and the splinter IRA element (with Campbell backing them) actually did blow up the pub in order to get Thomas's attention.
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