Peaky Blinders

Peaky Blinders

Peaky Blinders

Peaky Blinders is a crime drama TV series which is based upon a Birmingham gang that operated in the aftermath of the first world war, the series is based upon true stories of the gang.

The show focuses on the gang and the main leader who is Tommy Shelby (Cillian Murphy), it is really exciting as the world is dramatically changing after the war and the gang is taking full advantage of this.

Within the first season the gang are under constant badgering from the Chief Inspector who has come over from Belfast to Birmingham to help clean the city up and find the location of a large numbers of arms that have went missing as these were supposed to be shipped abroad and Winston Churchill had assigned the job of finding them to the chief inspector.

Gang Leader Tommy Shelby

If you like the idea of "Gangster crime" then this is certainly for you, gangsters in suits all living a high fast paced life looking for a good profit and to not get imprisoned. They do a lot of crimes that takes them in a wide range of environments which takes them from local areas, to factories and to horse racing days.

Within the cast a lot of high held names come up like - Cillian Muprhy, Tom Hardy and Tom Flanagan, all known for very good roles especially Tom Hardy playing the rough hard man roles, he really shows it within this show.

What I think really does well for the show is because it is set in the early 1920's roughly and how the times were different really attracted me to the show as it was a completely different age. With the dress sense all very formal it makes the crime they are doing look very good and attractive its like every kids dream when they have a vivid imagination.

They have made 2 seasons so far of the show and with a 3rd in production it is safe to say the show is popular and will hopefully continue for a couple more, the way the show is portrayed really helps you get excited when you are watching it as you really must know what happens in the next episode.

Tommy's Crew at a Confrontation with another crew.

With competition high it is crucial for Tommy to run his crew properly and to make sure he has a good income and protection is good for his men and the families. They operate out of houses in Birmingham and have a favourite local pub to arrange and discuss new business, Tommy has always had an eye for getting the pub as his own.

Peaky Blinders in the pub discussing business.

With the new local inspector hot on his the tail of the gang, he gets an inside informant in the local pub to try and get access to Tommy and sensitive information on upcoming jobs but this proves difficult for the woman to do and she develops feelings for Tommy but he doesn't know she is secretly working for his majesty's government.

What really does well for the show is the really good strong acting within it, it really makes you believe what you are watching is live and happening, it pulls you into the era and you wish you could have seen it first hand in person, it is a great example of strong British historical television.

The real "Peaky Blinders" gang.

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