The Fascinating True Story That Inspired 'Peaky Blinders'

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Weird History

Weird History

Күн бұрын

Who were the real Peaky Blinders? On the BBC show, boss Tommy Shelby (Cillian Murphy) violently dominates the streets of Birmingham, England, while wearing tailored, fashionable clothes. And in reality, the gang members did wear a signature dressy look, complete with silk scarves, to class up their extralegal enterprise. But they also sewed razor blades in their caps to injure the faces of their rivals and victims, causing a crime wave that infuriated the police. The Peaky Blinders were one of many groups in Birmingham that resorted to their enterprises because of the city's industrialized poverty, but their tactics made them the most feared gang in all of Britain
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@CowgirlSamurai
@CowgirlSamurai 2 жыл бұрын
Quote of the day! "... an idiot in fancy clothing is still just an idiot."
@ShelbySteele23
@ShelbySteele23 2 жыл бұрын
Based on everything going on in the world lately this is the quote of the decade
@freedcrypto
@freedcrypto 2 жыл бұрын
To be fair, bbc never put "based on true events" or "based on true story" on Peaky Blinders' covers so they are free to change history however they wish
@overlord3850
@overlord3850 8 ай бұрын
yeah kind of like how Quentin Tarantino did it with inglorious bastards and once apon a time. as long as it isn't slander or too modern I think its fine
@Siixks.
@Siixks. 7 ай бұрын
to be faaiirrr
@raeniedai9706
@raeniedai9706 2 жыл бұрын
Can we see one on the real gangs of New York?
@jlshel42
@jlshel42 2 жыл бұрын
I second this! Scorsese's movie did reference real people, just in a wacky fun story
@Iburn247
@Iburn247 2 жыл бұрын
They had one I think
@neymar1970
@neymar1970 2 жыл бұрын
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@thedudeabiding1582
@thedudeabiding1582 2 жыл бұрын
Dead Rabbits!
@monkeygraborange
@monkeygraborange 2 жыл бұрын
@@thedudeabiding1582 The Plug Uglies!
@elperrodelautumo7511
@elperrodelautumo7511 2 жыл бұрын
Peaky blinders deserve to have their own gta style video game
@topgtate4750
@topgtate4750 2 жыл бұрын
“Peaky”
@trashcanhands19
@trashcanhands19 2 жыл бұрын
@@topgtate4750 Apparently you were never robbed & beaten by those Pesky Blinders lot ; ]
@broughton90
@broughton90 2 жыл бұрын
That would be amazing
@mrducky179
@mrducky179 2 жыл бұрын
well the closest you can get is by playing mafia 1
@broughton90
@broughton90 2 жыл бұрын
@@mrducky179 and GTA 5
@thegeneralofsound
@thegeneralofsound 2 жыл бұрын
I love when history and tv combine
@beemelonhead1
@beemelonhead1 2 жыл бұрын
We need a parody sequel called "Stabby Cappys." 😆
@teklegion
@teklegion 2 жыл бұрын
oh yes, that's my next screen name lol
@thomasburt4422
@thomasburt4422 2 жыл бұрын
Oh boy. With Simon Pegg as Stabby Cappy leader Shomas Tellsby.
@TheWifeRottenRomance
@TheWifeRottenRomance 2 жыл бұрын
You should do a video on serial killer Jack Unterweger. He was an Austrian murderer who wrote poetry, children’s stories, and books while imprisoned. Celebrities, writers, even Nobel winners petitioned for his release on the grounds that his articulate, educated writings proved he was rehabilitated. They secured his release after serving the minimum sentence, and Unterweger went on a tour, talking about his “successful” rehabilitation. He was then discovered to be killing sex workers in several countries he visited, including the US. He stayed at the famous Cecil Hotel, which is another interesting connection.
@zoso1up
@zoso1up 2 жыл бұрын
It is a crazy story worth a video
@TheWifeRottenRomance
@TheWifeRottenRomance 2 жыл бұрын
@@zoso1up it really is. The fact that all these people tried to get him out even EARLIER than the minimum sentence is just mind boggling to me. Just because someone writes well doesn’t mean they’re a good person.
@donovanchilton5817
@donovanchilton5817 2 жыл бұрын
The last podcast on the left covered Unterweger. Worth a listen.
@gabbyparr6099
@gabbyparr6099 2 жыл бұрын
@@donovanchilton5817 I came here to say the same thing! It’s an unnerving and unbelievable case.
@talldave1000
@talldave1000 2 жыл бұрын
I wish the show didn't end with Season 6. Fantastic writing, acting, plot, scenery, everything
@Buquenque
@Buquenque Жыл бұрын
I think there’s a movie coming out
@chadrickmansfield
@chadrickmansfield Жыл бұрын
The real life gang was pretty much disbanded by the late 1920's and series 6 takes place in 1929 so the writers essentially wrote themselves out of a show.
@zeusathena26
@zeusathena26 2 жыл бұрын
This is my favorite show, & I'm glad you covered this. I knew what was true, & false already, but still enjoyed this!
@Henry-ms1sl
@Henry-ms1sl 2 жыл бұрын
My home city! Birmingham is still as rough as it was back then maybe worse now. I work in the city centre too and you see some mad stuff happening. Our city has had a lot of different gangs over the years, but the history behind these and the show is something which is hard not to be drawn to, thanks for the video
@fanfam
@fanfam 2 жыл бұрын
Is it not a lot of muslims today? I live in Holland. Just asking. Thx.
@mikitz
@mikitz 2 жыл бұрын
Did you have Hell's Grannies at some point?
@tombruner9634
@tombruner9634 2 жыл бұрын
Mine too! Only mine is in Alabama. Other than that they seem to be pretty much the same.
@jamaljohnson1948
@jamaljohnson1948 2 жыл бұрын
London is for the Muslims now, RIP
@fanroche8573
@fanroche8573 2 жыл бұрын
@@fanfam what an idiotic comment..
@belongtobill
@belongtobill 2 жыл бұрын
Seeing the photos from the actual show makes me so happy, and then Helen showed up and I started crying. This is one of my favourite videos of yours. Thank you for this!
@Only.D.G.
@Only.D.G. 2 жыл бұрын
*Consoom intensifies*
@_dylansaeed
@_dylansaeed Жыл бұрын
You need to touch some grass
@donjon123
@donjon123 2 жыл бұрын
Another interesting fact is Billy Kimber (the antagonist in the first season of peaky blinders) was actually a peaky blinder in real life.
@Simp_Zone
@Simp_Zone Ай бұрын
That's awesome if true! :)
@johanfehr9743
@johanfehr9743 2 жыл бұрын
" like Elton John going to work in a coal mine " had my tea flying on the screen. unexpectedly. best laugh in a while. Thank you.
@coupdsantana206
@coupdsantana206 2 жыл бұрын
Stabby cappys or the slice hats hahahaha 😆
@jlshel42
@jlshel42 2 жыл бұрын
Oddjob approves of the latter. And Random Task.
@erikaclifton3730
@erikaclifton3730 2 жыл бұрын
I have heard of sharpened pennies being sewn into cap brims.
@rileyzalbert8696
@rileyzalbert8696 2 жыл бұрын
Best episode in a while
@GuppyCzar
@GuppyCzar Жыл бұрын
Someone recommended Peaky Blinders to us, and I'm so thankful they did! What a great show! Now when I'm suffering from Insomnia I have a show I can put on that has me sleeping like a baby within fifteen minutes.
@snakey319
@snakey319 2 жыл бұрын
Have to admit that these gangs were better dressed and better looking than the ones in NYC at the same time. there's an old book on them called Gangs of NY, they stole the name for the movies. The gang Pug Uglies is true advertising.
@joy5816
@joy5816 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this video! This is my favorite show right now!
@NewMessage
@NewMessage 2 жыл бұрын
I'd tip my cap, but the razor I keep there keeps cutting my thumb.
@ashleelarsen5002
@ashleelarsen5002 2 жыл бұрын
How does that make sense?
@broughton90
@broughton90 2 жыл бұрын
@@ashleelarsen5002 because if you've seen peaky blinders they keep razors sawen to beaks to slash people wen needed so he's saying wen he grabs his beak he cuts his fingers 🙄
@ashleelarsen5002
@ashleelarsen5002 2 жыл бұрын
@@broughton90 oh! Sorry, ya I like non-fiction. Documentaries and such. Happy Weekend!!
@christyluvs80sXo
@christyluvs80sXo 2 жыл бұрын
😆
@funbumskum
@funbumskum 2 жыл бұрын
Shit mine been cutting me up too thought I was the only one
@marcusmoonstein242
@marcusmoonstein242 2 жыл бұрын
The combination of an expensive tailored suit worn with a working-class cloth cap would have been very distinctive at the time. Back then your clothes really said a lot about your social class, and your social class mattered a lot more than it does now. Working men wore a cloth cap with cheap and practical clothes, while the better off wore proper hats with tailored suits. Mixing cloth caps with tailored suits would have looked bizarre, especially when combined with the working-class accents these men would have spoken with.
@robertraymond762
@robertraymond762 2 жыл бұрын
Interesting. I wonder what combinations of clothing would reproduce the same effect in today's world? Could it, even?
@marcusmoonstein242
@marcusmoonstein242 2 жыл бұрын
@@robertraymond762 Steve Jobs wearing jeans and a sweater. Any middle-class person in America could wear exactly the same thing if they wanted to. Alternatively, rap stars with diamond studded gold teeth and speaking with a ghetto accent, but wearing tailored suits.
@jpmitchell925
@jpmitchell925 2 жыл бұрын
@@robertraymond762 probably like wearing a baseball cap with a tuxedo.
@6idangle
@6idangle Жыл бұрын
@@robertraymond762 that’s a very good question, I suspect no combination of clothing would do so. Fashion now specifically for men is very ironic, and influenced by urban culture to begin with. Mens street wear of the 90 and 2000s came to Paris and American fashion houses via the likes of Virgil abloh and all high fashion takes it cues from street wear, this is in the casual wear context then there is the question of suits and business contexts. That being said business culture has its own high class form of dress and I assume it would be like mixing cheap suits with Gucci? An often “low class” thing to do when wearing a suit is to do loud colors like red and over accessorize so maybe something like that would be a dead give away
@akramgimmini8165
@akramgimmini8165 2 жыл бұрын
Great Content as Always 👌
@MelissaJones-lj5de
@MelissaJones-lj5de 2 жыл бұрын
Excellent video! Thanks!
@kurtporter4796
@kurtporter4796 2 жыл бұрын
Keep up the great work guys love your videos,even the narrator love how he makes a joke now and then ,lol.
@Heygoodlooking-lk9kg
@Heygoodlooking-lk9kg 3 ай бұрын
I hate that, get an english narrator, it's English history
@ladytron1724
@ladytron1724 2 жыл бұрын
A great book to read is No mean city by H Kingsley Long set in Glasgow during the early 20th century.gangs,slums and violence it’s got it all.
@jhernandez891
@jhernandez891 2 жыл бұрын
I don't watch this show but I definitely will be keeping an eye out now.
@Hamnah2002
@Hamnah2002 2 жыл бұрын
Ahhhhhhhh my favorite channel and my favorite show all in one!!
@quasi405
@quasi405 2 жыл бұрын
Would love to see one on the “Dead Rabbits” street gang of New York
@TheCrapman50
@TheCrapman50 2 жыл бұрын
imagine a group of swingers calling themselves "kinky binders"🤣😂
@zoso1up
@zoso1up 2 жыл бұрын
An actual lol
@neilpuckett359
@neilpuckett359 2 жыл бұрын
Go to your room lol
@JudeNance
@JudeNance 2 жыл бұрын
I love the history, the stories and their clothes 😍
@Myriako
@Myriako 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this video! 😀🌺
@_hi_pwr
@_hi_pwr 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you, ty so much
@000luvrnhatr000
@000luvrnhatr000 2 жыл бұрын
You don’t f*ck with the Peaky Blinders!!! -Arthers voice. If you know you know 🎩
@donHooligan
@donHooligan 2 жыл бұрын
peaky fookin blinders
@lisac2106
@lisac2106 2 жыл бұрын
As someone from Birmingham uk , never heard a blinder being someone dressed well , more something done well
@IDidntAskU
@IDidntAskU 2 жыл бұрын
Thomas Gilbert is really Dr. Phil 2:28
@PresidentFunnyValentine
@PresidentFunnyValentine 2 жыл бұрын
Wasnt expecting that Warriors reference, but I'm not complaining.
@Holly-Pocket
@Holly-Pocket 2 жыл бұрын
I could listen to this narrator talk about anything - I wish he had been my history teacher
@gregkral4467
@gregkral4467 Жыл бұрын
Odd what strikes me as interesting, and when i wonder, here you are..... thanks, wonderful research and explanation vids. love your work, all.... always do seem to find ya in suggestions, when i am in the mood to really hear it.... awesome.
@darraghmcconn
@darraghmcconn Жыл бұрын
Loving these guys. Keep up the great content
@jilltagmorris
@jilltagmorris Жыл бұрын
This was super great!!!
@therealdarklizzy
@therealdarklizzy 2 жыл бұрын
"Industrial boom led to poverty" Funny how that works out...
@natascha5864
@natascha5864 Жыл бұрын
@Dark Lizzy ; Easy. Industry only works when "someone works in the industry". But whose "life vision" is working in a factory??? So you always had to force people to work in the factory...and poverty will do the trick! That´s the same in Russia in the 1930s; Stalin confiscated and burnt the harvest and thus forced the farmers to leave for the cities and either starve to death or work in the factories...many died in the streets! My father was born in 1924, he was only a kid in Charkov at that time, but everybody was starving, since the harvest had been destroyed, so my father and our family was also struggling to survive back then. Stalin was a ruthless murderer, even to his own people! We know what we are talking about! And everyone who lived at that time and survived will tell you the same!
@nickd3157
@nickd3157 2 жыл бұрын
If i got head-butted and robbed my ronald mcdonald, well, i would probably check myself into a hospital and quit drinking.
@riacena2866
@riacena2866 2 жыл бұрын
YOOO IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ONE
@bonitamojica5254
@bonitamojica5254 2 жыл бұрын
Hm.. I assumed it was when people peaked out of their blinds to look and see what the fuss was about 🤣
@uppityglivestockian
@uppityglivestockian 2 жыл бұрын
This is a great channel. So glad I'm a subscriber.
@craigfazekas3923
@craigfazekas3923 2 жыл бұрын
Ace Frehley (guitarist in Kiss) was in a gang called The Ducky Boys in The Bronx. 🚬😎
@pinkdiamonds9137
@pinkdiamonds9137 2 жыл бұрын
Love Birmingham! Lived there for 3 years, so much character. I went to the Black Country Living Museum a couple times, where a lot of Peaky Blinders scenes were filmed, so cool. Brum will always be home to me. Impressed to hear an American pronounce it correctly 😂
@sleeping4cat
@sleeping4cat 2 жыл бұрын
Slice hats sounds cool! 😂
@grapeshot
@grapeshot 2 жыл бұрын
The Gangs of New York the UK Edition.
@danielmimms3774
@danielmimms3774 2 жыл бұрын
The gangs of old york
@jgallardo7344
@jgallardo7344 2 жыл бұрын
Can you do a video on the real events that inspired “Gangs of New York”? Maybe even a video on Tammany Hall and Political bosses
@glitchito5961
@glitchito5961 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah it could be interesting to see more of the new york society in this era
@quanbrooklynkid7776
@quanbrooklynkid7776 2 жыл бұрын
@@glitchito5961 yea
@jonathancornah2245
@jonathancornah2245 2 жыл бұрын
You weren't familiar with the term 'fishmonger' until this script? America continues to amaze.
@GuppyCzar
@GuppyCzar Жыл бұрын
Its not an American thing, its a "this particular American should probably get out more" thing. I grew up knowing what mongers were be they fish, cheese, or any other goods.
@Hamnah2002
@Hamnah2002 2 жыл бұрын
“By the Order of the Peaky Blinders” says Arthur.
@kristiskinner8542
@kristiskinner8542 2 жыл бұрын
3:10 yes they do know, its the way they wore their caps down over one eye.
@Kennygrhm1
@Kennygrhm1 2 жыл бұрын
It’s cinematic entertainment… Let it go, it’s a work of art. Let it be what it is…Golden.
@mikeyfn-a6684
@mikeyfn-a6684 2 жыл бұрын
SO psyched for this next and final season 😁
@adnanomer9089
@adnanomer9089 2 жыл бұрын
Hold up. It's not finished?
@Epochal_Enigmas
@Epochal_Enigmas 2 жыл бұрын
@@adnanomer9089 Pretty sure it's finished, but they are making a movie which is gonna be some sort of an epilogue of the last season. I'm not sure
@mount-of-olives
@mount-of-olives 2 жыл бұрын
Where is Peaky Blinders found? I'd like to watch it :-)
@adnanomer9089
@adnanomer9089 2 жыл бұрын
@@Epochal_Enigmas yeah because that looked like an ending to me even though they left some things behind. A movie sound more reasonable than a whole season
@mikeyfn-a6684
@mikeyfn-a6684 2 жыл бұрын
Oh wow! I didn't realize this, I was expecting a genuine season, but alrite! 😎👍
@lerneanlion
@lerneanlion 2 жыл бұрын
I've recently come across an interesting information about Western Xia! If this channel interested, please check out how peoples in Western Xia dressed themselves! And you guys will see that the Qing dynasty was not the first one to introduce the idea of "Cut your hair, keep your heads. Keep your hairs, you will lose your heads" to its peoples!
@redfive5856
@redfive5856 2 жыл бұрын
How many different ways can one person pronounce "Birmingham"? Is Birmingham in London? Narrator seems to think so.
@aleriomurillo2239
@aleriomurillo2239 2 жыл бұрын
And anyone British pronouncing a city in the United States you’d think it was in England.
@jon77834
@jon77834 2 жыл бұрын
@@aleriomurillo2239 probably because many American cities are named after English towns and cities
@aleriomurillo2239
@aleriomurillo2239 2 жыл бұрын
@@jon77834 You’re missing the point of my original comment but yes, there are communities whose name derived from other countries.
@belongtobill
@belongtobill 2 жыл бұрын
BER-MING-UM
@christophermatthews9181
@christophermatthews9181 2 жыл бұрын
I think a lot of Americans think England is just London
@majuuorthrus3340
@majuuorthrus3340 2 жыл бұрын
My ancestors (I think great or great-great grandparents) left Birmingham because of Peaky Blinders activity. Apparently if you walked too close to the buildings, you were likely to get stabbed from an alley.
@rhino5100
@rhino5100 2 жыл бұрын
"Apparently, people would feel better about being robbed, if they could see how the money was being spent." Nice! That's the type of content I return for, time and time again!
@mikitz
@mikitz 2 жыл бұрын
'Hell, at least I was mugged and robbed and not fucked by the government...'
@Henry.58
@Henry.58 2 жыл бұрын
Can't wait for the final season to start !
@mermaidmersea7113
@mermaidmersea7113 Жыл бұрын
Just stopped in for Tommy! He makes me weak!❤‍🔥❤‍🔥❤‍🔥
@andershaukoos
@andershaukoos 2 жыл бұрын
Dude at 2:50 actually looks like Tommy haha
@Boru06
@Boru06 2 жыл бұрын
The razorblades in the peaks is true. They did it in Dublin too.
@BonShula
@BonShula 2 жыл бұрын
This is a myth that Carl Chinn, author of Peaky Blinders The Real Story, who was also born and bred in Brum, remembers from his youth.
@ladytron1724
@ladytron1724 2 жыл бұрын
Same in Glasgow,the saying was 2 with the head and one with the bunnet (cap)
@reginleif6703
@reginleif6703 2 жыл бұрын
I’m shocked. A TV show isn’t accurate?
@Ddnmddnn
@Ddnmddnn 2 жыл бұрын
This video is so COLD🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶
@pelnarius2446
@pelnarius2446 Жыл бұрын
For something that only happened 130 years ago, you would think they would know exactly where the name came from.
@josephlemmon706
@josephlemmon706 2 жыл бұрын
Do a story on Porter Rockwell, please!!!
@questfortruth665
@questfortruth665 2 жыл бұрын
These guys seemed to have differentiated each other's members by their choice of hats! They were pretty good dressers as well! I wouldn't be able to tell a banker from a thug!
@Leppymusic
@Leppymusic 2 жыл бұрын
I still can't tell that to this day 🤣
@juanpablosaenz9037
@juanpablosaenz9037 2 жыл бұрын
You played yourself with the last phrase mate. 🤣
@jackhackett80
@jackhackett80 2 жыл бұрын
haha "The Slicehats"
@garybenjaminjr7664
@garybenjaminjr7664 2 жыл бұрын
You should do an episode on the bikie wars in Australia
@joshwhite5407
@joshwhite5407 2 жыл бұрын
Apt, apt analysis WH
@BrokenDread
@BrokenDread 2 жыл бұрын
I wanna see something on famous comedian George Carlin.
@Mikupigeon
@Mikupigeon Жыл бұрын
One peaky blinders historian who is also a direct desendent of real peaky blinder members said that they didn't have razer blade in their hats.
@faridarridho8620
@faridarridho8620 2 жыл бұрын
bro why my bedroom feel so cold right now? oh yeah, there is thomas slebew right there 🥶🥶
@pipa8471
@pipa8471 2 жыл бұрын
The Most depressing programme I've ever watched 😳 dark skies the rain the factorys the fog and more so the poverty
@lawtonloraine4144
@lawtonloraine4144 Жыл бұрын
You are right I lived there 50 years ago and that is how it was, miserable violent place and the show is pretty true. You would go months and never see the sky for dirty black clouds. The Shelby are based on the sheldons who still existed in the 70s. I’m from Dora road small Heath.
@flicka25
@flicka25 2 жыл бұрын
How about a video about the Kray brothers....I love videos about gangs. Never watched Peaky Blinders but now I might just do that.
@auntvesuvi3872
@auntvesuvi3872 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this! 👲🏻
@jeremiahmcfetridge4688
@jeremiahmcfetridge4688 2 жыл бұрын
I'd like to see one about being a stage coach shotgun man.
@SidharthPriyadarsh
@SidharthPriyadarsh 2 жыл бұрын
Tommy Shelby is literally a meme nowadays
@bwines16
@bwines16 2 жыл бұрын
Stephen McHickie be looking fiiiiine tho
@charlesmiller3667
@charlesmiller3667 2 жыл бұрын
Hello 👋, and how are you?
@terrafirma9052
@terrafirma9052 2 жыл бұрын
this dude is pretty funny, cool video
@ToniInSussex
@ToniInSussex 2 жыл бұрын
Those really dark streets were shot in Liverpool L8, on what are affectionately called The Welsh Streets, as all of the street names are Welsh. Beatles drummer Ringo Starr was born at 9 Madryn Street there. His grandparents also lived on that street. When I went there in 2013, street after street was boarded up and black looking, (scary) unlike the friendly days of yesteryear. The streets have since been refurbished, but I've been told by a Liverpudlian that at least one street was left blacked out for this show. Perhaps Wiki The Welsh Streets L8
@charlesmiller3667
@charlesmiller3667 2 жыл бұрын
Hello 👋, and how are you?
@zach7193
@zach7193 2 жыл бұрын
Michael Franzese just did a review on this Monday.
@jacktheobalt8362
@jacktheobalt8362 2 жыл бұрын
Members of the OSS used to sew razors into their hats.
@salesse84
@salesse84 2 жыл бұрын
I've always found the term 'fish monger' amusing as well. 😅
@satanofficial3902
@satanofficial3902 2 жыл бұрын
"Fish are fishy because they're fished with fishiness." ---Albert Einstein
@pierreblaise9433
@pierreblaise9433 2 жыл бұрын
Can you make an episode about the second pacific squadron and the infamous Kamchatka ?
@timothydurkan
@timothydurkan 2 жыл бұрын
I kinda like the Slice Hats.
@TheStickCollector
@TheStickCollector 2 жыл бұрын
good
@claytonfrag
@claytonfrag 2 жыл бұрын
im from birmingham, razor blades in the hat did happen. a couple of older chaps told me in the pub in the mid nineties when they were young. would have been 50's though. so not exactly peakies
@electricden
@electricden Жыл бұрын
This is what probably fed into the stories from Steven Knight's Birmingham grandparents, the stories which first influenced him into writing the show in the first place, rather than the ACTUAL historical Victorian members so named, which I guess is something he discovered in his research. Then, wanting a more fashionably attractive period, he transplanted his fictitious veterans of the WWI trenches into powerful gang leaders of the 1920s, rather than pesky troublemakers of the 1890s, which further allowed him to equally feed in fictitious connections from them to REAL though small bits of Birmingham and English history during that time, though sadly due to Birmingham apart from the Black Country Museum just outside of it in Dudley NOT having ANY historical locations of the period, so filming the first series anyway mainly in Liverpool (Ringo Starr's original home as the exterior for the Shelbys) and Manchester, but still using REAL place names in the city for these locations (which confused me, a born citizen of the city!). So, to me, with its horses and gunplay, and playing around with history and characters of the time the series in its original form is more of a FANTASY URBAN WESTERN, which gradually morphs, for the better once a good part of the story leaves Birmingham in later series, into a pretty good twenties and thirties British gangster series which I enjoy more (ironically, there was ANOTHER show actually called 'Gangsters', which was set in Birmingham and this time actually shot there, including using Duran Duran's original 70s nightclub, The Rum Runner, which was a big hit at the time, so if you want to see gangs in the real city I suggest you watch that!).
@manicmechanic448
@manicmechanic448 2 жыл бұрын
"Yer killin me, Smalls!"
@mariamerrill5875
@mariamerrill5875 2 жыл бұрын
Love the humour made me 😂
@Casket_Music
@Casket_Music Жыл бұрын
What music is being used in that background? That organ and the drums are beautiful
@The7Reaper
@The7Reaper 2 жыл бұрын
Modern day gangs definitely have cooler names now that's for sure
@patrickbrown7398
@patrickbrown7398 2 жыл бұрын
Now I want to watch the show
@racafritz
@racafritz 2 жыл бұрын
It’s really worth the watch.
@audreypulzner8051
@audreypulzner8051 2 жыл бұрын
It's very good
@foxmccloud7055
@foxmccloud7055 2 жыл бұрын
Can we see the magazine article that inpired "Top Gun" and "Top Gun: Maverick"?
@lowellwalker361
@lowellwalker361 2 жыл бұрын
Will u do one on the history of golf please
@scottnotpilgrim
@scottnotpilgrim 2 жыл бұрын
So the true story behind the gang with all those quotes full of things they never said
@reidsummers8183
@reidsummers8183 Жыл бұрын
An episode on the pimps of harlem would be tight!
@nickgov66
@nickgov66 2 жыл бұрын
You should look at the Fewtrell family who were prominent in the Birmingham underworld in the mid 20th century.
@electricden
@electricden Жыл бұрын
And their VICIOUS and successful battles in keeping the more famous London Kray brother's influence out of the midlands too in the 60s.
@sobinsobington3685
@sobinsobington3685 2 жыл бұрын
I've been watching peaky blinders the same way Mr frog watches Jimmy Fallon
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