Boardwalk Empire - Season 5: Trailer - Official HBO UK

Buy Seasons 1-5 from Amazon UK: Download Seasons 1-5 from iTunes UK: An HBO series mainstay since its 2010 debut, Boardwalk Empire ends its acclaimed run this fall with eight new episodes premiering from September 7 through October 26. The series chronicles the life and times of Enoch “Nucky” Thompson (Steve Buscemi), Atlantic City’s undisputed czar during the 1920s, a time when Prohibition proved to be a major catalyst in the rise of organized crime in America. Season 5 begins in 1931, a full six years after the end of Season 4. In stark contrast with the Roaring ‘20s, the country is in the throes of the Great Depression, and with the end of Prohibition in sight, Nucky is looking to legitimize himself by forging alliances with liquor producers, including Bacardi in Cuba. As we learn, Arnold Rothstein has been killed, leaving Lucky Luciano and Meyer Lansky (Vincent Piazza and Anatol Yusef) scheming to wrest control from crime kingpins like Joe Ma