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Iddo Goldberg portrayed Freddie Thorne in the first season of Peaky Blinders in 2013 and he quickly became a fan favourite due to his bickering with Tommy Shelby (played by Cillian Murphy). Sadly, Freddie has not been seen on screen since the series one finale but is Freddie Thorne really dead and will he return in series six? Express.co.uk has everything you need to know.

Is Freddie Thorne really dead? Will Freddie Thorne return?

Freddie Throne was a communist living in Birmingham and a former close friend of Tommy Shelby.

He was a Sergeant in the Great War and was part of the 179th Tunnelling Company, even saving Tommy’s life during the war.

However, the pair had a falling out after Freddie became a communist following the end of the year in 1918.

He was in a relationship with Tommy’s younger sister Ada Shelby (Sophie Rundle) and the pair later married.

They also had one son together, Karl Thorne, named after Karl Marx.

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Aunt Polly (Helen McCrory) arranged for the young couple money to leave Birmingham but Freddie chose to stay, insisting he was not scared of Tommy.

However, due to Inspector Campbell’s crackdown on communist in the area, Freddie had to go into hiding.

When Ada gave birth to their son Karl, Freddie came out of hiding to meet his newborn son, but the police arrived immediately to arrest him, clearly knowing of his whereabouts.

Unsurprisingly, it was suspected Tommy had sold Freddie’s whereabouts to the police but he denied doing such a thing.

 

Instead, Tommy ranged a prison break out when Freddie was being transferred to Brixton prison, which was successful.

However, fans were shocked to learn Goldberg had not reprised his role as Freddie Thorne for the second series of Peaky Blinders.

At the very beginning of the second series, it was revealed Freddie had died of ‘pestilence, most likely of Spanish Influenza.

The Spanish Influenza pandemic occurred between 1918 and 1920 before the second series began in 1922.

Many Peaky Blinders fans are certain Freddie faked his own death and will return in series six to help Tommy takedown fascist leader, Sir Oswald Mosley (Sam Claflin).

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Reddit user imbored102 shared their thoughts. They wrote: “Started rewatching Peaky Blinders for the sixth time and started wondering, is Freddie Thorne really dead?

“Freddie Thorne tells Ada, ‘One day, me and Tommy will be on the same side again.’

“I feel like Freddie Thorne had a big role to play as a Communist Leader.”

They continued: “Could we see him and Freddie reunite and fight for the same cause?

“I can’t recall them showing his death but just a funeral, which could have been easily faked for him to escape or something. 

“I feel like Tommy has lost too many loyal allies and Freddie would be the perfect person to help Tommy in his new journey. 

“I would love to see Freddie return as I thought he had a lot more potential and is very loyal.”

History buffs will know in the Second World War, the fascists and communists were enemies and with the series ending with the outbreak of the war, a communist versus fascist showdown is not unrealistic.

Another Peaky Blinders fan, m0j0licious, commented: “But do we know he’s really dead, or is he in hiding as part of one of Tommy’s long games?”

A third fan, Optimal-Experience-8 added: “There’s no proof he even had the illness let alone died and if we look back Ada wasn’t crying or upset at the funeral almost like she knew Freddie wasn’t dead.”

 

 

Since Freddie’s death, Ada has been raising Karl alone as a single mother.

In season five, she began a romantic relationship with Ben Younger, (Ben Kingsley-Adir).

Sadly, Ada was met with more heartbreak when Ben was killed by a car bomb.

The sixth series may see Ada raise their child alone, that is unless Freddie does make a surprise return.

Express.co.uk will update this article when more information is available.

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