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Peaky Blinders - BBC

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An epic gangster family saga boasting a distinguished cast that includes Cillian Murphy (Inception, The Wind That Shakes The Barley, 28 Days Later), Sam Neill (The Tudors, The Piano, Jurassic Park), Helen McCrory (Hugo, Harry Potter, The Queen), Annabelle Wallis (Snow White and the Huntsman, The Tudors), Paul Anderson (The Firm), Iddo Goldberg (Secret Diary of a Call Girl) and Charlie Creed- Miles (Nil By Mouth, Wild Bill). Writer and dub poet Benjamin Zephaniah also joins the cast.

Created by Steven Knight (Dirty Pretty Things and Eastern Promises), the story begins in 1919 in the lawless slum neighbourhoods of post war Birmingham. Returning soldiers, newlyminted revolutionaries and criminal gangs all fight for survival in an industrial landscape gripped by economic upheaval. Guns smuggled home from the trenches find their way onto the streets and become lethal currency. As Churchill mobilises his Special Branch forces, illegal bookmakers make fortunes in speak-easy betting shops and traumatised infantrymen drink away their shell-shock in riotous ale houses.

There is still a gentler city at the fringes, where gypsies and canal boatmen deal horses and tell fortunes but sitting at the top of this industrial jungle are the extended Shelby family, whose many brothers and sisters, cousins and uncles, make up the fiercest gang of all, the ‘Peaky Blinders’. Named for their practise of sewing razor blades into the peaks of their caps, the Peaky Blinders make their money from off track betting, protection and robbery.

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fin12

jezzer wrote: »

when the russian one was riding him i thought they looked alike

I think that cause he was imagining it was his wife.

fin12

jezzer wrote: »

Tom Hardy for bond anyone?

Tom Hardys starting to remind me of Johnny Depp, hiding his good looks by playing these ugly characters and he uses the same accent a lot as well.

cozar

Another series wasting my life waiting for next to come around can't wait!

jezzer

fin12 wrote: »

Tom Hardys starting to remind me of Johnny Depp, hiding his good looks by playing these ugly characters and he uses the same accent a lot as well.

yes i agree, he tries to make himself as disheveled as possible, he uses this gruff stuttery cockney accent an awful lot but hey it works, excellent actor

[Deleted User]

It makes sense. Hardy doesn't want to get roles just because he's a handsome chap, which happens quite a lot, but because he can play these complex characters.

This season was a little.. disappointing. I'm still not certain what was going on with the Russians. It just seemed to be a bit of a mess.

jezzer

Deleted User wrote: »

It makes sense. Hardy doesn't want to get roles just because he's a handsome chap, which happens quite a lot, but because he can play these complex characters.

This season was a little.. disappointing. I'm still not certain what was going on with the Russians. It just seemed to be a bit of a mess.

i agree, i really dont see the point of the whole Russian thing, it only distracted from the real storyline, also, how can a smallish gang like the peakys keep control of every gang from brum to london without some sort of backlash all the while still have time to p*ss about with the russians?

also can someone explain what the orgy in the russians house was all about? was that something that russians typically engaged in at the time?

[Deleted User]

I missed the episode right after it happened (and can't be arsed catching up), but Tommy Shelby seemingly recovered from a fractured skull pretty quickly?

De Bhál

"IN A DUSTY BLACK COAT AND A RED WHITE HAAND"

mess of a season

jca

I've only watched as far as episode 3 I'm finding it tough going tbh.

fin12

[Deleted User] wrote: »

It makes sense. Hardy doesn't want to get roles just because he's a handsome chap, which happens quite a lot, but because he can play these complex characters.

This season was a little.. disappointing. I'm still not certain what was going on with the Russians. It just seemed to be a bit of a mess.

but he never plays the handsome chap well very rarely that comedy he did with Reese Witherspoon i just feel like hes going down the same road now that Johnny Depp has gone, cant they just show off their beauty once in a while.

TherapyBoy

TheDoc

Ruu wrote: »

I don't think it is a betrayal, although it is hard not to see it that way. Who has Tommy done a deal with that is bigger than their enemy though?

He said he's made a deal with the government

fin12

TherapyBoy wrote: »

omg I could look at that photo all day.

jezzer

fin12 wrote: »

omg I could look at that photo all day. :)

his best performance was in the drop with jimmy gandolfini

jezzer

just watched the final episode over the weekend, so tommy has made some sort of a deal with inspector moss? what is that all about? and to make the already complicated russian business even more complicated the mad russian duchess was behind it all along?

sadie06

I enjoyed the season because it's just such a stylish and engrossing programme overall and I have bonded with the characters, but it was not up to the same standard as seasons 1 and 2. Filler I think.

I'm expecting great things from season 4 though.

Stigura

sadie06 wrote: »

Filler I think.

I'm expecting great things from season 4 though.

Yep. Exactly what I'm thinking. Laying the new ground work. I'm watching 3/6 tonight. (No TV and prefer to binge watch anyway)

What's amusing me in this series is the subtitles. Was it episode three where Tommy leans into Polly and says; " Johnny's kaired a yog. "? Tatchi romanes!

No! It was episode one! 41.00 Minutes.

Elvis Lennon

It is a great show but I agree series three is not as good as one and two.
Got a bit lost in the middle, still cool though.

topmanamillion

I just watched the last episode last night.
I'd agree with everyone that says it wasn't as good as 1&2.
I think it's lost a lot now Tommy is the top dog and the stuff with the Russians was just confusing.
The final episode where the plot lines were tied up was a bit of an anti climax.

lawlolawl

Struggling to get through this at the moment after having it recommended by numerous people.

About half way through season 2 and I think I might be done. It's tedious paint-by-numbers stuff.

The antihero main character who always gets the girl from the other side of the tracks, plans within plans with people working for the other side but not really, no important characters die or change in any meaningful way, the entire series only really exists to build up to the last 10 minutes of the final episode of the series, the "cool" music montage with the "crew" walking down a street all badass in slow motion, the mad dog good guy so that there can be some ultraviolence that we don't feel bad about.

Reminds me of Sons of Anarchy and that isn't a good thing. I think it wants to be a British version of Boardwalk Empire but it isn't even remotely as good.

Oh I forgot : the den mother who is supposed to be hard as nails and take no guff but is actually incredibly emotionally fragile, spends half her scenes crying and only exists to ham handedly advance boring side plots.

sadie06

lawlolawl wrote: »

I think it wants to be a British version of Boardwalk Empire but it isn't even remotely as good.

.

I think the exact reverse! BE is nowhere near as good as PB. I gave up on it as its gratuitousness was very irritating. Too drawn out also.

I agree season 3 lacked something. I missed the claustrophobic feel of the other two series.

TerrorFirmer

Ah now, I enjoy Peaky Blinders and it has its moments but it falls way short of Boardwalk Empire in all departments! I actually started watching it after I finished Boardwalk Empire hoping for a British take with a very similar tone and the same grit, but I was sorely disappointed. Eventually I started to like PB for what it is though and I have to say I thought the latest season was actually more compelling then the first two. I would say it's a decent show but nothing more, Boardwalk Empire however I consider a masterpiece, at least for the first three seasons.

Ann22

I've watched the first two seasons on Netflix over the last few days. I'm absolutely loving it! It's supposed to've been available on Netflix since lat May but no sign of it yet on mine.

Shane St.

Binge watched it all over the last 2 weeks. Season 3 was definitely a bit of a mess. Very hard to follow. The show has so many great characters and it's so well shot so hopefully season 4 will be back on track

theteal

Season 3 has actually soured my memory of the great first 2

Hans_Memling

It's a good but not spectacular Boardwalk Empire clone.

TCDStudent1

Shane St. wrote: »

Binge watched it all over the last 2 weeks. Season 3 was definitely a bit of a mess. Very hard to follow. The show has so many great characters and it's so well shot so hopefully season 4 will be back on track

Yeah season 3 was all over the place.

It's very good but some storylines really let it down. They should never have brought Grace back.

sadie06

TCDStudent1 wrote: »

Yeah season 3 was all over the place.

It's very good but some storylines really let it down. They should never have brought Grace back.

Agreed. She is the weakest element in it by far!

jezzer

any idea when the next season will air?

drugstore cowboy

jezzer wrote: »

any idea when the next season will air?

At a guess I'd say around Autumn time.