Peaky Blinders is an epic gangster drama set in the lawless streets of post-war Birmingham on the cusp of the 1920s. The series centered on Thomas Shelby, who controls the Peaky Blinders, one of the city';;;s most feared and successful criminal organisations, but his ambitions go beyond running the streets. Crime pays, business pays better.
27 May 1984, York, North Yorkshire, England, UK
15 December 1969, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK
6 October 1948, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
November 09, 2015
However familiar its building blocks, the U.K. gangster drama is positively bursting with irrepressible energy, and it's proof that, whatever a show's premise, capable execution is everything.September 30, 2014
For a sprawling soap opera that packs in Roma curses, shell shock, hash pipes, Chinatown prostitutes and gang members sporting the 1919 version of a half-shaved boy-band haircut, it doesn't have quite enough juiceApril 19, 2017
Overall this was pacy, looked good and was fun to watch.September 29, 2014
There's ample drama to be found in this particularly tumultuous moment in British history, and some will no doubt appreciate the unhurried pacing.October 28, 2014
Brutal violence, sex, and drugs in vintage gang drama.November 09, 2015
Imagine Boardwalk Empire relocated to England and revamped as outright pulp instead of prestige TV, and you'd have something pretty close to Steven Knight's historical gangster drama