Like the gang in the show, the real Peaky Blinders roamed industrial-era Birmingham and stitched razor blades to the insides of their flat caps. Unlike the gang in the show, many members were as young as 12-years-old, while others were part of the middle-class, even holding regular jobs...
Peaky Blinders: Créé par Steven Knight. Avec Cillian Murphy, Paul Anderson, Sophie Rundle, Helen McCrory. L'épopée d'une famille de gangsters se déroulant en 1919 à Birmingham en Angleterre, d'un gang cousant des lames de rasoir sur les visières d
Finn Cole, who plays John Shelby's cousin Michael Gray in Peaky Blinders, is in fact Joe's real-life brother.
Peaky Blinders star Sophie Rundle has reflected on the “strange” experience of working with real-life fiancé Matt Stokoe in new TV drama After the Flood.
Campbell ought to have known better than to go after the Peaky Blinders so ruthlessly. He was never going to win because most members are dangerous and smart. Polly's words and actions in this scene also serve as confirmation of an earlier moment of foreshadowing in which Tommy promised Campb...
He’s the star of “Peaky Blinders,” a BBC Two series set in Birmingham just after World War I, where Tommy Shelby (Murphy) leads the (real-life) gang of the title, an organization that got its name from the members’ habit of sewing razor blades into the peaks of their caps as ...
Thomas Michael ‘Tommy’ Shelby OBE DCM MM MP is the main protagonist of the Peaky Blinders. He is the son of Arthur and Mrs. Shelby, brother of Arthur, John, Ada and Finn Shelby, father of Duke, Charles and Ruby Shelby, as well as being the husband of G
And there’s our first mention of the now-iconicPeaky Blindershaircut. In his capacity as a fringe character last season, Rowan escaped the razoring that most cast members must endure. But, now he’s taking a more prominent role in proceedings, the scissors are out. ...
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Similarly, what the character of Tommy specifically seems to have in common with real Peaky Blinders is his appearance. None of the names BBC listed as real former members have Shelby as a surname, so he was not a real person, but take a look at their photos and you'll see ...