PEAKY Blinders fans "physically recoiled" at Billy Grade's return when his genitals were tortured with barbed wire. Viewers of the BBC series were squirming at the horror scenes as they were forced to "imagine the pain" Emmett Scanlan's character was enduring.
Back in season six, the Peaky Blinders kidnapped Billy and held him hostage and he was threatened by Arthur Shelby in almost every episode.
This time around, the gang's head honcho told him to slay a football referee who had disobeyed them - which he did unwillingly - before sitting in an eerie green changing room to reflect on his mission.
As he perched topless on a bench, he heard a whistling sound through the tile-covered room. Viewers saw mobster Jack Nelson approach from behind, armed with a wired clamp.
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