Arthur meets a woman. When the man leaves the fighting arena, Arthur follows him and is seemingly mortally wounded. Arthur is the eldest of the Shelby siblings and a tough member of the Arthur is more brawn than brains. Arthur has assumed position as Chairman of the Board following Tommy's leave of absence and convenes a meeting when he hears of the Crash. Arthur tries to preside over the meeting but — much to Linda's dismay — Polly suggests that they should wait for Tommy's return before making any decisions. It is shown that Linda is pregnant with his child, who is later named as Billy Shelby. He swears to be the one to kill Luca Changretta, but Linda and the faith in God stops him from it, leaving the task to Tommy. Linda pulls a gun on Arthur, but is shot by Forgetting about Linda, Arthur is privy to the plan to assassinate Thomas is Arthur's younger brother and the two share a complex but close relationship. As war begins between the Italians and the Blinders, John is mortally wounded on Christmas morning 1925 by Italian gunmen. Arthur is very moved by the death of his brother and feels guilty.
He is also Deputy Vice President of Shelby Company Limited and member of the ICA, acting as his brother Tommy Shelby's right-hand man.
This leads to Linda looking for a way to divorce Arthur, however she is shocked to find that nobody in Birmingham will divorce a Shelby and seeks out Lizzie for advice.
After becoming more and more religious he is shown to be a lot more compassionate and calm, this leads to him seeming weaker by the rest of the Peaky Blinders and is often picked on by John Shelby and Thomas Shelby. Despite his passionate love for Linda and her beliefs, he engages in infidelity and drug abuse. He and Linda envision a life in California, away from their strained life in Small Heath. He seems embarrassed about this and as shown in Episode 2 he did participate in the fight outside one of the bars however washed his hands and went straight home, he was then shouted at and mocked by John Shelby.
Due to John's fight with the Changretta-family and Tommy's encouragement to war, Arthur and John capture Vincente Changretta.
During the war in France, Arthur was a Sapper with his brother After returning from France, Arthur feels that he should be the head of the family business. As the Shelby Company invests in a Gypsy boxing-talent (the son of the ally, Bonnie Gold), Arthur is getting suspicious about a man at an important boxing match against Solomon's fighter. When the deal is about to be made, Thomas has outrun Luca by making a deal with the other New York mafia-families, specifically Alphonse Capone. Découvrez les morts parmi les rangs des "Peaky Blinders" depuis le lancement de la série jusqu'à la saison 5. As the whole Shelby family is preparing to be hanged, Arthur is tense but calm about the situation. Il est abattu lors de l'attaque de la maison de campagne des Shelby, sous les tirs de la famille Changretta. As seen at the beginning of the Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. Like the rest of the Shelbys, besides Tommy, Arthur is arrested by the police and taken away in the end of season 3, unable to escape to California with Linda.
As Luca realizes he has lost the vendetta, he attacks Tommy, only to see Arthur walk right in and shoot him. Things between the two become more strained when Mosley reveals that he has heard news that Linda has been spotted with another man while married to him.