Peaky Blinders - BBC

JP Liz V1 · 09-04-2013 12:02am #1

http://www.endemoldistribution.com/content/titles.aspx?productid=83090

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.

Trailer also can be view at the above link, looks good

grey_so_what · 09-04-2013 1:08am

I like the look of this JP Liz, do you know when it's starting?

Pitcairn · 09-04-2013 7:26am

Looks fantastic. Read an interview with Murphy recently where he said he wanted to do TV because decent mid sized films are hard to come by these days.

Looking at the quality of some of the TV stuff in recent years I think it's the right decision.

ricero · 09-04-2013 11:57am

looks good. i heard about this months ago and i heard king nidge joined the cast. also saw chibs from sons of anarchy in the trailer

JP Liz V1 · 10-04-2013 2:09pm

grey_so_what wrote: »

I like the look of this JP Liz, do you know when it's starting?

No air date announced yet but hopefully soon

mike65 · 10-04-2013 2:23pm

http://www.peakyblinders.com/

evilivor · 02-09-2013 2:07pm

Peaky Blinders premieres BBC Two/BBC Two HD on Thursday September 12th at 9.00pm.

JP Liz V1 · 02-09-2013 2:14pm

evilivor wrote: »

Peaky Blinders premieres BBC Two/BBC Two HD on Thursday September 12th at 9.00pm.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ-r47OZJUM

Skid X · 08-09-2013 2:09pm

This looks very promising.

If I had just seen the name 'Peaky Blinders' in the BBC2 listings, I would have expected a knockabout sitcom, maybe starring Vic and Bob. It strikes me as an odd name for a quality drama. Hopefully that's just me, and other people won't be put off by the title

Basq · 08-09-2013 2:24pm

New trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EM12mcTEI88

Looking forward to this actually!

Hootanany · 08-09-2013 2:37pm

Can't wait for this looks superb?

08-09-2013 10:35pm

Love/Hate fans should watch out for Tom Vaughan Lawlor in this who plays an IRA man.

Kur4mA · 10-09-2013 10:59am

Me when I saw the name of this...

But tbh the more I see of it the more interested I am. Quite impressed by the cast so far and the trailers look fantastic. Definitely going on my Watch list for the moment.

AnonoBoy · 10-09-2013 11:50am

kyub wrote: »

Me when I saw the name of this...

The name does sound like the sort of crap name someone would give a band that they started in college and then be embarrassed about six months later.

However the show looks good.

Basq · 10-09-2013 11:52am

AnonoBoy wrote: »

The name does sound like the sort of crap name someone would give a band that they started in college and then be embarrassed about six months later.

Yeah, the OP indicates the reasoning for the name:

.. Named for their practise of sewing razor blades into the peaks of their caps ..

fryup · 12-09-2013 6:41pm

seems like an english Boardwalk Empire

*its on tonight bbc2 @ 9.00*

Lovely Bloke · 12-09-2013 8:23pm

tonight? grand

barneystinson · 12-09-2013 9:31pm

Anyone hear the continuity announcer introducing it? "Silly-Ann Murphy"... :rolleyes:

DrumSteve · 12-09-2013 10:02pm

Really good. Neill does a great nordie accent.

FloatingVoter · 12-09-2013 10:10pm

Good start. Churchill interested in the robbery - you bet he would have been. I'd image one M. Collins esq. of this parish will be sending a few lads along to check out the merchandise too.

humanji · 12-09-2013 10:13pm

barneystinson wrote: »

Anyone hear the continuity announcer introducing it? "Silly-Ann Murphy"... :rolleyes:

Yeah I heard that. I had to rewind just to make sure I actually heard that.

I really enjoyed it. A little predictable, but gangster shows usually have a pattern to them.

humanji · 12-09-2013 10:16pm

DrumSteve wrote: »

Really good. Neill does a great nordie accent.

I think he was born in Omagh.

brian_t · 12-09-2013 10:41pm

humanji wrote: »

I think he was born in Omagh.

That's interesting. I was curious why they had someone from Down Under playing that part.

ThirdMan · 12-09-2013 10:56pm

There's a couple of dodgy accents, and the modern(ish) music is throwing me slightly, but other than that I'm very impressed. Things have been set up nicely for the next episode. Cillian Murphy is serious.

clappyhappy · 13-09-2013 7:27am

Came across this by chance last night and remembered cillian Murphy talking to ray D'Arcy a few months ago about it. Really enjoyed it last night, looks like it is setting up nicely. Series linked.

Lovely Bloke · 13-09-2013 8:10am

I think the ending would have been stronger if

he (Freddie?) really was shot, it would have set Tommy Shelby up as a proper cold hearted bastard, although the look he gave his brother after he asked why the family didn't turn rat could freeze hell.

I also thought the explanation of the fixed horse race was a bit "colouring book American" for a BBC show, I'd have preffered if they'd left that to reveal itself over the course of the story.

Overall though, I thought it was excellent.

Is the Commie/Union fella supposed to be a Scouse?

tfitzgerald · 13-09-2013 8:18am

Have to say I was looking forward to this. But I thought it was rubbish. Plain and simple.

ricero · 13-09-2013 2:33pm

tfitzgerald wrote: »

Have to say I was looking forward to this. But I thought it was rubbish. Plain and simple.

care to elaborate ? i thought it was good and it was a solid opening to a new series. the setting is great and the acting is superb most notably murphy and sam neill. i love the music

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrxePKps87k

13-09-2013 3:02pm

humanji wrote: »

I think he was born in Omagh.

Indeed but he left when he was seven. Sam's just good at accents ... he's from New Zealand with British parents ... English (he was up for James Bond once), Irish (Mr Gentleman anyone?), Russian (Red October), American (loads) ... he can do them all well.

ThirdMan wrote: »

There's a couple of dodgy accents, and the modern(ish) music is throwing me slightly, but other than that I'm very impressed.

I thought the music was going to irritate me but it worked out well, channelling a Gangs of New York vibe there I think.

And I was pleasantly surprised that the Brum accents were noticeable without being caricature-ish.

Kerrydude1981 · 13-09-2013 3:48pm

Any place online to see the first episode again lads? Missed it last night

humanji · 13-09-2013 3:48pm

I think the BBC iPlayer will probably have it.

tfitzgerald · 13-09-2013 3:56pm

ricero wrote: »

care to elaborate ? i thought it was good and it was a solid opening to a new series. the setting is great and the acting is superb most notably murphy and sam neill. i love the music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrxePKps87k

I thought it was too arty. They were going for the good but tough guy with silly Ann and making him out to be a Robin Hood type. I'd have preferred if they got rid of the scenery and backdrops and just made it a good story

Paleface · 13-09-2013 4:43pm

I thought this was good on the whole but had some bad elements to it.

The accents were definitely dodgy at times.

The production is using way too much accentuation on colours making what should be a realistic drama look cartoonish. Perhaps this is a monetary constraint but in comparison Boardwalk Empire which is set in a similar time period looks all the better on screen for not going down that road.

The music didn't do it favours at times either as it strayed into Baz Luhrmann territory by contrasting completely different worlds to your eyes and ears.

The acting was good and the story definitely has potential. Perhaps I'm just expecting too much from being accustomed to big US network style tv.

Kerrydude1981 · 13-09-2013 4:54pm

humanji wrote: »

I think the BBC iPlayer will probably have it.

Only available in the UK

BigBrownBear · 13-09-2013 8:12pm

What did Cillian Murphy say just before he

pulled the trigger and how would there have been blood on his face?

Otherwise looks decent enough:)

brian_t · 13-09-2013 8:36pm

BigBrownBear wrote: »

blood on his face?

The man on the boat said that there was some kind of plug used in the gun which contained blood ie. not a blank as such.

I'm not sure the "victim" was in on it so whatever was in the gun knocked him out.

Witcher · 13-09-2013 10:22pm

He said it was sheep guts in the gun.

AnonoBoy · 15-09-2013 2:19pm

It was decent enough. Some of the dialogue was very 'on the nose' though. The Sam Neill scene with the barmaid was a bit bleh.

"Don't let your history with the IRA get in the way."
"The fact that the IRA killed my father will not get in the way."

etc. etc.

I'd expect a better standard of dialogue writing from BBC dramas. But that was just a couple of occasions. I'll watch one or two more and see how it develops.

humanji · 15-09-2013 2:57pm

That really bother me as well, actually. I'm hoping it was just to get the background over with so they can concentrate on the main story from then on. Here's hoping.

pickarooney · 15-09-2013 3:09pm

I couldn't really get into this. The atrocious accents kept pulling me out of whatever story they were trying to tell.

fruvai · 15-09-2013 6:44pm

tfitzgerald wrote: »

I thought it was too arty. They were going for the good but tough guy with silly Ann and making him out to be a Robin Hood type. I'd have preferred if they got rid of the scenery and backdrops and just made it a good story

How is he a 'Robin Hood' type? He's a

bloody bookmaker!

Witcher · 16-09-2013 4:13pm

Baldy Conscience wrote: »

I think the ending would have been stronger if
he (Freddie?) really was shot, it would have set Tommy Shelby up as a proper cold hearted bastard

Even if it had turned out like that I wouldn't see him as a cold hearted bastard, if anything it would be the opposite. He was doing it to save a fellow former soldier suffering a worse fate at the hands of the Italians which he explained.

fryup · 16-09-2013 4:57pm

AnonoBoy wrote: »

It was decent enough. Some of the dialogue was very 'on the nose' though. The Sam Neill scene with the barmaid was a bit bleh.

what do you mean??

AnonoBoy · 16-09-2013 9:41pm

fryup wrote: »

what do you mean??

On the nose dialogue is really obvious, expositiony dialogue.

For instance in the scene I was talking about - the two characters knew that

her father had been killed by the IRA

, most people wouldn't restate it like that. It just felt like very poor writing where everyone says everything that they need to just to serve the audience. A better way would be to allude to what happened and fill in the details at a later date.

fryup · 16-09-2013 9:56pm

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

meh, i think you're nit pickin in fairness

AnonoBoy · 16-09-2013 10:40pm

fryup wrote: »

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

meh, i think you're nit pickin in fairness

I wouldn't call it nit pickin' - it's just basic good writing versus bad writing.

As I said it was only in one or two places but it's the sort of thing that if it keeps up would definitely turn me off the show.

youcancallmeal · 24-09-2013 12:12pm

I'm mostly enjoying this so far but the modern music can be a bit jarring at times. Hard to say whether it will get a second season but my guess is not?

ricero · 24-09-2013 1:17pm

youcancallmeal wrote: »

I'm mostly enjoying this so far but the modern music can be a bit jarring at times. Hard to say whether it will get a second season but my guess is not?

I heard there already writing a 3rd series due to great reviews especially in america

evilivor · 24-09-2013 1:57pm

ricero wrote: »

I heard there already writing a 3rd series due to great reviews especially in america

I didn't think it it had been sold to the US yet, never mind broadcast?

fryup · 24-09-2013 7:03pm

i watch and i rate it

but i find it very very bleak, with no light relief whatsoever

*hate to think whats going to happen to that girl when they find out she's a spy

snausages · 26-09-2013 12:24pm

fryup wrote: »

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

meh, i think you're nit pickin in fairness

Not really, it can really break immersion. Show, don't tell.

I'm only one episode in so far so I won't rush to judgement. I like it so far.

Peaky Blinders - BBC

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