Do you allow latecomers? Tommy is VERY keen on timeliness. While we are able to allow latecomers in for up to 15 minutes after each performance time, you will obviously miss out on some of the introduction. After that point, it will be at the discretion of the front of house team and you may be turned away.

I would also say for any Peaky Blinders fan, this book is a must! You get behind the scenes shots and the actors talking about the characters that they bring to life!

Troubles – J. G. Farrell

This was enjoyable to read, im glad I finally got around it, after loving the show for years. I do wish there was more behind the scenes information on the creation of the show, then there was, because I find that stuff fascinating. Unfortunately, this is a lot of stating of the facts of the various convictions of various low lives. A few of the people described have interesting lives but most were just petty thugs, who engaged in extortion and beatings and a few vendettas against each other. It is easy to see why the TV show had to invent more overarching stories, a more glamourised depiction of its characters, a more mafioso style criminal organisation. Aterrorizavam porque, com os seus bonés letais (tinham lâminas inseridas nas palas), eram danados para a luta.

It hurts giving any book two stars, especially where its author evidently has a genuine interest in the subject matter and has, undeniably, done the "spade work" in terms of research. There are three main problems: the book has a strange and haphazard structure; any commentary gets drowned by the sheer volume of newspaper references (barely one sentence can be completed without a direct quote from a 1900s Birmingham news report) and, inexcusably, it is strewn with spelling and grammatical errors. If we're being diplomatic, the writer has been ill-served by his editor. Peaky Blinders is my favourite television drama at the moment. It’s a great show, with high drama, violence and emotion. Even though the Peaky Blinders are gangsters, you can’t help but be invested in them and want them to succeed. This is the book for the fans, looking at the story from the creation through to the end of series four. (Series five came to the screens in 2019, and season six is coming…)

Chinn, Carl (2019). Peaky Blinders: The Real Story. John Blake Publication. p.192. ISBN 978-1789461725. a b c d "Carl Chinn – The real 'Peaky Blinders' ". History West Midlands. Archived from the original on 2 August 2019 . Retrieved 30 December 2017. Lots of facts and figures. Prepare to have any illusions you have acquired from the tv show shattered. Forget the glamour and the attraction of the "Disneyfied" Peaky Blinders and embrace the grit and dirt of poverty, brutality and violence, bullying that people lived in fear of every day. Set at around the same time as The Peaky Blinders but in downtown Manhattan, The Gangs of New York is an informal history of the area, the time, and the legendary crime bosses and criminal gangs of the time.

Includes the original story of the Peaky Blinders, exclusive photos, the songs of the show and opinions from the main characters. Game of Thrones star joins Peaky Blinders cast". The Independent. 29 March 2017. Archived from the original on 18 October 2017 . Retrieved 12 November 2017. The companion book is organised in a logical fashion, with the story starting with Steven Knight’s creation of the series. It’s based on the stories told to him as a youngster in Birmingham along with his experiences. The brief for Peaky Blinders is to make it larger than life, with great clothes, sets and drama. The book then discusses the plot of each series, interspersed with each of the actors of the main character talking about their character in the first person. It’s a unique way of doing this and it really shows the depth of research and knowledge each actor has of their character, down to the small costume details you can’t see and the mannerisms. (For example, should Tommy touch Polly’s arm? Or is that too weird? Does Tommy Shelby actually cry?) All the major characters are covered but I kind of wish Sam Neill (Major Campbell) and Tom Hardy (Alfie Solomons) had been included. Even though their time was limited/they had smaller roles, it would have been fascinating to hear their thoughts. (Especially Sam Neill, as his character just got more and more repulsive – how does he manage?) A collection of Alfie’s quotes would have been great too, but I see that the internet has that covered. I am glad to see that others love Arthur as much as I do!The folk etymology of Peaky Blinder is that the gang members would stitch disposable razor blades into the peaks of their flat caps, which could then be used as weapons. However, as the Gillette company introduced the first replaceable safety razor system in 1903, in the United States, and the first factory manufacturing them in Great Britain opened in 1908, this idea of the origin of the name is considered to be apocryphal. [2] British author John Douglas, from Birmingham, said hats were used as weapons in his novel A Walk Down Summer Lane [3] – members with razor blades sewn into their caps would headbutt enemies to potentially blind them, [4] or the caps would be used to slash foreheads, causing blood to pour down into the eyes of their enemies, temporarily blinding them. In the early part of the series when the group was still struggling to survive in Birmingham, Polly served as part advisor to Tommy and part devil's advocate.