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Peaky Blinders Explosion Scene, Starring You

A flat cap, a long black overcoat, a match at your lips. The red-brick manor blows up behind you and you walk slowly toward the camera through the smoke, never looking back. One photo, 15 seconds, with the clip's song.

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The Peaky Blinders explosion is the walk from the series 6 finale: Tommy Shelby lights a cigarette in front of his manor, the house blows up behind him, and he walks away through the smoke. Add one photo, and the AI puts you, or your pet, in his place, shot for shot.

Also called Peaky Blinders explosion walk · Tommy Shelby explosion walk · Arrow House explosion · Dramatic fire walk

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What the Peaky Blinders Explosion video looks like

The first clip is an AI face swap of the scene: a real adult's photo in the show's own set and costume, with the clip's song. The Human version puts your face in the same shots. The second clip is @aissam_ir's own AI version, the kind of scene the 1920s gangster version makes. No two runs come out the same.

The trend's template clip, 15 s

The Peaky Blinders explosion scene as an AI face swap: a man in a flat cap lights a cigarette, the red-brick manor blows up behind him, and he walks slowly toward the camera through the smoke, with the clip's song. The Human version copies this clip with your photo.

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Original reel by @aissam_ir, 29 s

A 1920s gangster explosion walk made with AI by @aissam_ir (22 September 2026, 2,956 views on TikTok): a man in a long overcoat and a three-piece suit stands in front of a red-brick manor, the manor blows up behind him, and he walks calmly toward the camera. The 1920s gangster version makes a scene like this from your photo, with a flat cap and no cigarette.

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How to make the Peaky Blinders Explosion video on MakeViral

Everything runs in the browser. No editing app, no prompt to write, no watermark.

  1. Add your photo

    Press "Create your own" and add you, face clear. Take it with the camera or pick it from your library.

  2. Press Generate

    The button shows the price. Seedance 2.5 puts your photos into the Peaky Blinders Explosion trend clip and copies it shot by shot for 15 seconds, with the reel's original song. You write no prompt.

  3. Download or share

    The video is ready in up to several minutes as a 9:16 MP4. Download it, share it from your phone, or find it later in My videos.

Which photo works best?

Every version takes one photo: of yourself for Human and 1920s gangster, of your pet for Pet.

  • Your face: sharp, turned to the camera, in good light. Chest up is enough: the clip starts close on your face while you light the match, then pulls back.
  • No hat, no sunglasses, no mask. The flat cap comes from the scene and sits low on the forehead, so a clear forehead and eyes in the photo matter most.
  • Your clothes do not matter: you get the scene's dark grey flat cap, the long black overcoat, the three-piece suit with a watch chain and the black leather gloves. Your hair color stays under the cap.
  • Pet: one animal, head and face in view, eyes open, in daylight. Its head goes under the cap.
  • Use your own photo, a friend who said yes, or your own pet.

Where did the Peaky Blinders Explosion trend start?

The scene is from "Lock and Key", the last episode of Peaky Blinders, which aired on BBC One on 3 April 2022. Tommy Shelby has the family home, Arrow House, emptied and dynamited so the land can be used for homes for Birmingham's working people. In the shot fans keep reposting, he lights a cigarette in a flat cap, the manor explodes behind him, and he walks toward the camera without turning around.

Two days after the finale, the YouTube edit "Thomas Shelby Most Badass Edit" opened with the walk; it has 2.8 million views. On TikTok, @andreapreka posted it as "The best Walk in season 6" on 30 June 2022, and @carinaa.4702's cut from 18 October 2023 reached 374,300 views. People search for it as the Peaky Blinders explosion scene or the Tommy Shelby house explosion.

In autumn 2026 it became an AI trend: a community AI face swap template called "Dramatic Fire Walk" had 550 likes by 11 November 2026, and @aissam_ir posted his own AI version in a red-brick manor on 22 September 2026. The sound on the swap is a slow R&B line, "I got secrets that nobody, nobody, nobody knows", from Kehlani's 2016 song "Gangsta".

  1. BBC One airs "Lock and Key", the Peaky Blinders finale: Arrow House is dynamited and Tommy Shelby walks away from the explosion. Den of Geek

  2. The YouTube edit "Thomas Shelby Most Badass Edit" opens with the explosion walk; it has 2,807,649 views by 11 November 2026. YouTube

  3. @carinaa.4702 posts the explosion scene on TikTok; it reaches 374,300 views and 9,628 likes. TikTok

  4. @aissam_ir posts an AI version: a man in a long overcoat walks away from an exploding red-brick manor (2,956 views by 6 November). TikTok

  5. The AI face swap template of the scene, "Dramatic Fire Walk", has 550 likes, up from 337 on 6 November.

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The Peaky Blinders Explosion prompts

You do not need these: the one-tap flow runs them for you, together with the trend clip. [Image 1] and [Image 2] are your two photos, and [Video 1] is the trend clip the video copies.

Human

1 photo: you, face clearSeedance 2.515 s · 720p · 9:16228 credits
Video prompt

Recreate the reference video [Video 1] shot for shot: one continuous take on the wide gravel drive in front of a grand red-brick country manor with tall white windows and chimneys, under a grey overcast sky; the camera starts close on the chest and face and slowly pulls back; the same framing, timing, moves, flash, fire, sparks and smoke. Replace the man with [Image 1]; do not replace the outfit and hat. The ONLY change: the man in the dark grey flat cap and the long black overcoat is now the person in [Image 1]. Everything else stays exactly as in [Video 1]. The man in the flat cap = the person in [Image 1], in EVERY shot: copy the exact face from [Image 1] (the face shape, eyebrows, nose, mouth, jaw, skin tone, age, hair color, hair length and hairstyle, and any beard or moustache) exactly as in the photo. The same real person from the first frame to the last, so their friends recognize them at once, also when the head is bowed under the cap, in the bright flash and in the smoke. Never morph, never drift back to the original man's face. Do not replace the outfit and hat: the dark grey flat cap, the long black wool overcoat over a dark three-piece suit with a buttoned waistcoat and a silver watch chain, the white shirt with the dark tie and the black leather gloves stay exactly as in [Video 1], never the clothes from [Image 1]. The cap never hides the eyes, and the hair under it keeps the color and length from [Image 1]. If [Image 1] shows an animal, that animal takes the man's place, standing upright in the same cap and overcoat, with its own face, fur and markings, not a person. The moves, matching the reference second by second: 0-6 s: close on the chest and face, the head bowed under the flat cap: the walker cups both gloved hands at the mouth and lights a cigarette with a match, a small flame between the fingers, while the camera slowly pulls back. 6-7.4 s: the hands drop to the sides; the walker looks straight at the camera, calm and unsmiling, the cigarette at the lips, seen from the thighs up, the manor behind. 7.4-8.5 s: a bright flash: a huge orange fireball bursts out of the manor behind the walker, sparks and debris fly to both sides. 8.5-13 s: dark grey smoke and dust fill the whole background; the walker walks slowly toward the camera, hands at the sides, never looking back, never flinching. 13-15 s: still walking, the walker raises one gloved hand to the cigarette at the lips, the whole body in view, the face sharp: exactly the face from [Image 1]. The fire and the smoke stay far behind the walker: nobody is burned or hurt. Anatomy rules: one head only, on the walker's own shoulders; two arms, five fingers on each hand. Exactly one person. No dialogue throughout the entire video. No background music. No text, no captions, no logos, no watermark.

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Pet

1 photo: your pet, face clearSeedance 2.515 s · 720p · 9:16228 credits
Video prompt

Recreate the reference video [Video 1] shot for shot: one continuous take on the wide gravel drive in front of a grand red-brick country manor with tall white windows and chimneys, under a grey overcast sky; the camera starts close on the chest and face and slowly pulls back; the same framing, timing, moves, flash, fire, sparks and smoke. Replace the man with [Image 1]; do not replace the outfit and hat. The ONLY change: the head of the man in the dark grey flat cap and the long black overcoat is now the head of the pet in [Image 1]. Everything else stays exactly as in [Video 1]. The walker's head = the head of the pet in [Image 1], in EVERY shot: the same species and breed, face, eyes, ears, muzzle, fur colors, fur length and markings as in [Image 1], with the natural head volume and proportions of that animal: never flattened, squashed, stretched or merged with anything. Only the head, the face, the ears and the fur change: the walker keeps the body, the upright stance and the costume of [Video 1]. Do not replace the outfit and hat: the dark grey flat cap sits on the pet's head between the ears, and the long black wool overcoat over a dark three-piece suit with a buttoned waistcoat and a silver watch chain, the white shirt with the dark tie and the black leather gloves stay exactly as in [Video 1]. An animal head with its own fur in every frame, also when the head is bowed under the cap, in the bright flash and in the smoke: never a human face, never the original man's face. The moves, matching the reference second by second: 0-6 s: close on the chest and the pet's face, the head bowed under the flat cap: the walker cups both gloved hands at the muzzle and lights a cigarette with a match, a small flame between the fingers, while the camera slowly pulls back. 6-7.4 s: the hands drop to the sides; the pet looks straight at the camera, calm and serious, the cigarette at the muzzle, seen from the thighs up, the manor behind. 7.4-8.5 s: a bright flash: a huge orange fireball bursts out of the manor behind the walker, sparks and debris fly to both sides. 8.5-13 s: dark grey smoke and dust fill the whole background; the walker walks slowly and upright toward the camera, hands at the sides, never looking back, never flinching. 13-15 s: still walking, the walker raises one gloved hand to the cigarette at the muzzle, the whole body in view, the pet's face sharp: exactly the pet from [Image 1]. The fire and the smoke stay far behind the walker: nobody is burned or hurt. Anatomy rules: one animal head only, on the coat's own shoulders; two arms in black leather gloves. Exactly one walker. No human face, no human hair. No dialogue throughout the entire video. No background music. No text, no captions, no logos, no watermark.

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1920s gangster

1 photo: you, face clearSeedance 2.510 s · 720p · 9:16126 credits
Video prompt

A slow-motion cinematic video of a confident person, the person in [Image 1], dressed as a 1920s Birmingham gangster: a dark grey wool flat cap, a long black wool overcoat over a dark three-piece suit with a buttoned waistcoat, a white shirt with a dark tie, a silver watch chain and black leather gloves, walking forward calmly while a massive explosion erupts behind them. The place: the wide gravel drive in front of a grand red-brick country manor with tall white windows and chimneys, under a grey, overcast sky. Fire, smoke, and debris fill the air as they walk fearlessly through the chaos. The camera moves in a dramatic low-angle shot, with sparks flying and dust swirling around. Epic background music, intense lighting, and realistic visual effects, like an action movie hero scene in 4K ultra-realistic style, in the cold, muted colors of a 1920s period drama. One continuous take, 10 seconds. 0-3 s: the walker stands still on the gravel in front of the manor, facing the camera, seen from the knees up, pulls the black leather gloves tight and touches the brim of the flat cap, calm and unsmiling. 3-4 s: behind them the manor explodes: a huge orange fireball bursts out of the windows and the roof, and sparks and debris fly to both sides. 4-10 s: a tower of dark grey smoke rises behind them; the walker walks slowly toward the low camera, hands at the sides, never looking back, never flinching, and ends close to the camera with a cold, steady stare. The walker is the person in [Image 1], in every frame: copy the exact face from [Image 1] (the face shape, eyebrows, nose, mouth, jaw, skin tone, age, hair color, hair length and hairstyle, and any beard or moustache), so their friends recognize them at once. The flat cap sits low on the forehead but never hides the eyes; everything else of the face comes from [Image 1], and the hair under the cap keeps the color from [Image 1]. The same real person from the first frame to the last; never morph. If [Image 1] shows an animal, the walker is that animal walking toward the camera in a small flat cap and a dark overcoat, with its own face, fur and markings, not a person. The walk ends close to the camera, from the knees up, the face large and sharp: exactly the face from [Image 1]. The explosion stays far behind them: nobody is burned or hurt, and the walker never looks back. No dialogue throughout the entire video. Exactly one person. No cigarette, no smoking, no gun, no weapons. No cars, no signs, no text, no subtitles, no logos, no watermark, no extra limbs.

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How many credits does it cost?

You pay per video in credits, and the create page shows the exact price on the Generate button before you spend anything. The one-tap price covers the video, made in one step from your photos and the trend clip, charged once. Each version has its own price: Human 228 credits, Pet 228 credits, 1920s gangster 126 credits. The cheaper models are there if you run the prompts by hand in AI Video.

Video modelSettingsCredits
Human: Seedance 2.5 (this template)15 s, 720p, copies the trend clip, one tap228
Pet: Seedance 2.5 (this template)15 s, 720p, copies the trend clip, one tap228
1920s gangster: Seedance 2.5 (this template)10 s, 720p, straight from your photos, one tap126

One-time packs and plans are on the pricing page. A failed video gives its credits back.

What happens in your Peaky Blinders explosion scene?

SecondsWhat happens (Human and Pet)
0 to 6Close on your face under the flat cap: you cup your gloved hands and light a cigarette with a match while the camera slowly pulls back.
6 to 7.4You drop your hands and look straight into the camera, calm and unsmiling. The red-brick manor stands behind you.
7.4 to 8.5A bright flash: a huge fireball bursts out of the manor, sparks and debris fly to both sides.
8.5 to 13Grey smoke fills the background. You walk slowly toward the camera and never look back.
13 to 15Still walking, you raise a gloved hand to the cigarette, your whole body in view.

This is a swap of the viral clip, not a new scene: top-quality AI video models, including Seedance 2.5, take the clip and put your face, or your pet's head, under the cap, and keep the manor, the coat, the blast and the camera. The video is vertical 9:16, 15 seconds, at 720p, with the clip's song, the slow "Gangsta" line, put back on after the run. You can turn it off on the result screen.

Press "Create your own", pick a version, add your photo and press Generate. The exact price shows on the Generate button before you spend anything. A run can take 5 to 15 minutes, and the video waits in My videos when it is ready.

Human, Pet or 1920s gangster: which one?

VersionPhotoWhat you get
Human1 of youThe Peaky Blinders explosion scene itself, shot for shot, with your face: the match, the stare, the blast and the walk through the smoke. 15 seconds, with the clip's song. The default.
Pet1 of your petThe same clip with your dog's or cat's head under the flat cap, upright in the long black overcoat and gloves. 15 seconds, with the clip's song.
1920s gangster1 of youA new 10-second scene made from your photo: in a flat cap, a long wool overcoat and a three-piece suit you pull on your gloves in front of a red-brick manor, it blows up behind you, and you walk toward a low camera. No cigarette, with epic sound.

Human and Pet keep the exact look of the Tommy Shelby walking away from explosion shot. 1920s gangster is a fresh take with the same style, and it is shorter. The price of each one shows on its Generate button.

Want the walk without the period look? The explosion walk puts you on a night highway with a fireball behind you. For the 1920s look with a lighter flame and a perfume spray, try the perfume transition, and for another TV line, say I am the one who knocks.

What do people call the Peaky Blinders explosion?

Most people search for the scene itself: the Peaky Blinders explosion scene, the Peaky Blinders house explosion or the Peaky Blinders mansion explosion, and for the episode, the Peaky Blinders house explosion episode (series 6, episode 6). Fans who know the character by his full name look for the Thomas Shelby explosion, the Thomas Shelby explosion scene, the Thomas Shelby house explosion or the Thomas Shelby explosion walk, and some type the title of a popular YouTube clip, "Thomas Shelby explodes his Old Mansion".

As a meme it is the Peaky Blinders explosion meme: the Peaky Blinders walking away from explosion shot, the Thomas Shelby walking away from explosion clip and the Thomas Shelby explosion meme. Others call it the Peaky Blinders blast scene or the house blast scene, or search for the moment Tommy Shelby blows up his house: the Peaky Blinders blowing up house scene at Arrow House. Editors look for a Thomas Shelby explosion edit or a Peaky Blinders explosion scene edit, set to a song.

What goes wrong, and how do you fix it?

ProblemFix
The face looks like the man from the clipUse a closer, sharper photo with your face big and in good light, then run it again. This happens most when you already look a bit like him (short dark hair, no beard).
The cap hides your eyes in the first secondsThe head is bowed while the match is lit, as in the clip. Your face shows clearly from 6 seconds and in the walk.
Your face is small in the smokeThe camera pulls back, so you are smaller after the blast. You come closer again in the last seconds.
Your pet gets a human faceUse a photo where your pet's face, ears and fur are sharp, then run it again.
The run failsSome photos get refused. MakeViral then tries a backup model, and if the video still fails, the credits come back.
FAQ

Peaky Blinders Explosion trend questions

What is the Peaky Blinders explosion scene?
It is the end of the Peaky Blinders finale, "Lock and Key" (BBC One, 3 April 2022): Tommy Shelby lights a cigarette in front of Arrow House, the house is blown up behind him, and he walks slowly toward the camera through the smoke without looking back. The Tommy Shelby explosion walk became one of the most reposted edits of the show.
Which episode is the Peaky Blinders house explosion in?
Series 6, episode 6, "Lock and Key", the last episode of the show. Tommy Shelby has his family home, Arrow House, cleared and dynamited so the land can become homes for working people.
How do I put myself in the Peaky Blinders explosion scene?
Press "Create your own", pick Human, add one clear photo of your face and press Generate. The AI swaps you into the scene, shot for shot, in the flat cap and the long black overcoat, with the clip's song. You write no prompt. It takes 5 to 15 minutes, and the button shows the price first.
What is the song in the Peaky Blinders explosion AI video?
The line "I got secrets that nobody, nobody, nobody knows" is from "Gangsta" by Kehlani (2016, from the Suicide Squad soundtrack). It is the sound of the AI face swap the Human and Pet versions copy, and it goes on your video too. Many TikTok edits of the scene use other songs.
Is there a Peaky Blinders AI filter for this?
Not a live camera filter: it works like a Peaky Blinders AI filter for one scene. You add a photo, and the AI makes a Thomas Shelby AI video, or a Tommy Shelby AI video, with your face in his place. It is not a photo filter, and it gives you a video, not a still.
Can my dog or cat do the Peaky Blinders explosion walk?
Yes. Pick Pet and add one photo of your pet. Its head goes under the flat cap, upright in the long black overcoat and gloves, and it walks away from the exploding manor in the same shots, with the same song.
Is there a Peaky Blinders explosion GIF of me?
A Peaky Blinders explosion GIF, or a Tommy Shelby walking away from explosion GIF, is usually a short cut of the show. MakeViral makes your own video of the scene instead, as an MP4 file with sound. You can turn it into a GIF with any GIF maker.
Which prompt does it use? Is there a Thomas Shelby AI prompt?
The AI face swap of the scene uses a short prompt: replace the man with the person in the photo, and do not replace the outfit and hat. Human and Pet keep those words and add a shot list and rules that keep your face, or your pet's head, from the photo. There is no Peaky Blinders AI prompt or Tommy Shelby AI prompt to write yourself: you only add a photo. The prompts never name the show or its people.
Is the video real? Is it linked with the show?
No. It is an AI video made from your photo, and nothing burns. MakeViral is not linked with Peaky Blinders, the BBC or the show's makers, and the actor is not in your video. Keep the AI label on when you post it.
How long is the video?
Human and Pet are 15 seconds, 1920s gangster is 10 seconds. All three are vertical 9:16 at 720p, ready for Reels, TikTok and Shorts.
Does it cost credits?
Yes. The Generate button shows the exact price before you spend anything, and if a video fails, the credits come back.
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