Peaky blinders: wall st crash - how much money did tommy shelby lose?

The 1929 Wall Street Clash provides an ominous backdrop to Peaky Blinders season five, airing now on BBC One. Tommy Shelby (played by Cillian Murphy) was revealed to have lost a significant

amount of money in the financial crisis in the first episode, leading him to have to take a dodgy deal for £50,000. Fans of the show, however, have been left wondering exactly how much money

Tommy lost in the American crash. HOW MUCH MONEY DID TOMMY SHELBY LOSE IN WALL ST CRASH IN PEAKY BLINDERS? Our first hint that Tommy has lost big in the stock market crash is at the start

of episode one, when Michael Gray (Finn Cole) looks at the Shelby Company’s stock ticker, rings Arthur Shelby (Paul Anderson) and tells him: “We've lost the lot!” Arthur then rings

Polly Gray (Helen McCrory) in Monte Carlo and explains to her: “This morning in New York City at 6am, the Wall Street Stock Exchange crashed like a steam train. We were most definitely on

board.” However, no one reveals exactly how much the Shelbys have lost in the crash, in which $14 billion was lost in one day, the Black Thursday that gives Peaky Blinders season five,

episode one its name. Later in the episode, however, we are given a hint as to how much the Shelby company may have lost. READ MORE: PEAKY BLINDERS SEASON 5 NETFLIX US RELEASE DATE, CAST,

TRAILER, PLOT Tommy receives a letter from Winston Churchill from an errand boy, who offers him small talk about the crash. He says: “In the bar last night, Mr Churchill's private

secretary reckoned he lost £75,000 in two hours.” He then asks Tommy: “And you? Were you affected, Mr Shelby?” Tommy, however, does not reply, implying he has lost at least £75,000 or

perhaps even more. READ MORE: PEAKY BLINDERS SEASON 5: TOMMY SHELBY STAR DROPS SHOCK BOMBSHELL Certainly, he has lost enough as to agree to a robbery in Chinatown for an MP in exchange for

£50,000. However, if fans' calculations about the Shelby family’s net worth are correct, his losses could be in the millions. Earlier this year, Reddit user PeakyBroker calculated that

Tommy’s wealth would be an estimated £5.6 million ($6.8 million) in 1920. Though much of this is tied up in property, anything from hundreds of thousands to millions of pounds could have

been lost by the family in the crash. READ MORE: PEAKY BLINDERS SEASON 5: WHO DOES ANYA TAYLOR-JOY PLAY? In episode two, Lizzie Stark (Natasha O’Keefe) reveals that their losses in America

are a particular problem for the company. She says: “He's lost all the legitimate money in America.” This means that the Shelbys have to return to more criminal endeavours as Tommy is

trying to make a name for himself as a legitimate MP. These criminal deeds include not only the Chinatown deal but also: “Selling out the Communists to the British intelligence.” _PEAKY

BLINDERS SEASON 5 AIRS ON SUNDAYS ON BBC ONE_