The Real Peaky Blinders Documentary

From 1870 s onward birmingham was sinking into extreme poverty and crime was rife.

The real peaky blinders documentary. 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. Gangs were formed by youths wanting to claim ownership of certain areas in birmingham. The real peaky blinders was the name given to gangs that ruled the industrialised areas of birmingham in the late 19 th century.

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. Ahead of the show west midlands police dug up. 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 real peaky blinders by carl chinn 12 95 brewin books is available online and from good bookshops.

The exploits of birmingham s real peaky blinders are to be revealed in a new bbc documentary. But who were the real peaky blinders. Peaky blinders is an english television crime drama set in 1920s birmingham england in the aftermath of world war i. The group which grew out of the harsh economic deprivations of working class britain was composed largely of young men of lower to middle classes.

Oscar winning actor adrien brody is set for a role in the bbc gangster drama.