Peaky Blinders. Peaky Blinders follows a gangster family of Irish and Romani travellers in Birmingham. It is set from 1919, several months after the end of the First World War.
The plot centres around the Peaky Blinders gang which is led by Tommy Shelby (played by Cillian Murphy). At the time, there would have been extreme poverty for the migrants that moved to the city so many of them turned to crime. READ MORE: Dick Strawbridge shatters Angel's Escape to the Chateau dreamIn an interview with Idler, the Harry Potter actress explained why she initially turned down the role of Aunt Polly. "When they first approached me, they said 'Would you like to play Aunt Polly in this gangster drama set in Birmingham?' And I was like: 'No'. "I looked at.
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