How the world got hooked on the sneaky allure of 'Peaky Blinders'

I’ve never met anyone who likes Peaky Blinders.

I don’t mean that they dislike it; I mean everyone I’ve ever talked to about the BBC period drama has either never even heard the name, or is obsessed with it.

For whatever reason, there is no middle ground when it comes to the story of 20th-century Birmingham gangster Tommy Shelby (Cillian Murphy) and his family — based on an actual 19th-century gang, "as deliberately stylish as they were violent," of whom creator Steven Knight grew up hearing stories.

"It’s what Americans have always been good at and the British have not been particularly good at, which is to mythologize their own backyard," Knight told Mashable ahead of the show's Season 5 Netflix premiere. Read more...

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