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Peaky Blinders is a British period crime drama television series created by Steven Knight. Set in Birmingham, England, it follows the exploits of the Peaky Blinders crime gang in the direct aftermath of the First World War. The fictional gang is loosely based on a real urban youth gang of the same name who were active in the city from the 1910s.
[3] [4] The first series concludes on 3 December 1919—"Black Star Day", the event where the Peaky Blinders plan to take over Billy Kimber's betting pitches at the Worcester Races. The second series has the Peaky Blinders expand their criminal organisation in the "South and North while maintaining a stronghold in their Birmingham heartland". [5]
The Peaky Blinders were a street gang based in Birmingham, England, which operated from the 1880s until the 1920s. The group consisted largely of young criminals from lower- to working-class backgrounds. They engaged in robbery, violence, racketeering, illegal bookmaking, and control of gambling. Members wore signature outfits that typically ...
Isiah Jesus (played by Jordan Bolger (series 1–4) and by Daryl McCormack (series 5–6)) is the son of Jeremiah Jesus and a member of the Peaky Blinders. Isiah is a close friend of Finn Shelby. In 1922, when Isiah and Michael arrive at a pub, one of the customers refuses to drink in the same pub as a black man.
An untitled Peaky Blinders film, based on the TV series, is in development and is being directed by Harper in January 2021. Following the announcement of the last series of Peaky Blinders, Knight clarified that it had been decided to produce a feature-length movie in place of a seventh series. Knight had previously suggested the film would ...
Tommy Shelby. Thomas Michael Shelby OBE DCM MM MP is a fictional character and the protagonist of the British period crime drama Peaky Blinders. He is played by Irish actor Cillian Murphy, who has won two Irish Film & Television Awards and two National Television Awards for his portrayal of Shelby.
Camden Town, London. Nationality. British. Alfred "Alfie" Solomons is a fictional character in the British period crime drama television series Peaky Blinders, created by Steven Knight and portrayed by Tom Hardy. Based on a London gangster born in the late 1890s, [1] he is the leader of a Jewish gang based in Camden Town and was introduced in ...
Arthur Shelby Jr. is a fictional character in the British television period crime drama television series Peaky Blinders, created by Steven Knight. Played by Paul Anderson, [1] Arthur Shelby Jr. is the older brother of the protagonist Thomas Shelby. Arthur is a member of the Peaky Blinders and the deputy vice president of the Shelby Company ...