The Real Peaky Blinders Documentary

The peaky blinders were an urban street gang based in birmingham england that operated from the end of the 19th century to after the first world war.

The real peaky blinders documentary. Their tale is to be told in a new drama peaky blinders which airs tonight on bbc 2 tonight with irish hollywood star cillian murphy in the lead role. From 1870 s onward birmingham was sinking into extreme poverty and crime was rife. The action crime based fiction film by steven knight has been a sensation based on a true story of the gangs that were in birmingham. As historian carl chinn author of the real peaky blinders tells the birmingham mail s zoe chamberlain the main difference between the fictionalized peaky blinders and their historical.

The real peaky blinders was the name given to gangs that ruled the industrialised areas of birmingham in the late 19 th century. The real peaky blinders who were they and what happened to them peaky blinders has risen to become one of the most rated tv shows gathering so many fans around the world including celebrities. The series which was created by steven knight and produced by caryn mandabach productions screen yorkshire and tiger aspect productions follows the exploits of the shelby crime family. The exploits of birmingham s real peaky blinders are to be revealed in a new bbc documentary.

But who were the real peaky blinders. Oscar winning actor adrien brody is set for a role in the bbc gangster drama. Gangs were formed by youths wanting to claim ownership of certain areas in birmingham. The bbc s popular drama peaky blinders paints a picture of the notorious gangs in birmingham following world war one.

The real peaky blinders by carl chinn 12 95 brewin books is available online and from good bookshops.