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Title: Peaky Blinders
Created by: Steven Knight
Written by: Steven Knight
Directed by: Otto Bathurst, Tom Harper, and Colm McCarthy
Starring: Cillian Murphy, Sam Neill, Helen McCrory, Annabelle Wallis, Paul Anderson, Iddo Goldberg, Sophie Rundle, Joe Cole, Ned Dennehy, Tom Hardy, Charlotte Riley, Noah Taylor, and Aimee-Ffion Edwards
Genre: historical fiction, British TV Drama
Warning: This show is violent.

Summary: Tommy Shelby (Cillian Murphy) is the charismatic leader of a Birmingham, England crime organization known for its distinctive and lethal razor-brimmed caps. As the ambitious, deadly Tommy leads his crew to ever-greater success after World War I, they come to the attention of a chief inspector (Sam Neill) who is sent from Belfast to rid the city of its criminals. Annabelle Wallis costars in this period thriller from the writer-director of “Locke.”

Here’s the Wikipedia entry on the Peaky Blinders — http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peaky_Blinders — Yep, they were were a real criminal gang based in Birmingham, England. And because they were so notable and interesting, a show, aptly named “Peaky Blinders,” was created about them — http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peaky_Blinders_(TV_series) — that currently has two completed seasons (12 episodes) and is waiting for a third.

Link: Peaky Blinders on Netflix.

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I avoided this show because I’ve found that crime dramas usually draw me in before attempting to tear my heart out emotionally and I didn’t think I could handle another show like that. But finally I gave in to Netflix’s constant recommending, and I’m glad that I did.

Cillian Murphy as Thomas Shelby sucked me right into the story of a crime family expanding its hold over the city of Birmingham. Starting out as small-potatoes, due to Tom’s cleverness and planning, the Shelby family and the Peaky Blinders become a power to be reckoned with. And in the meantime they amass … Read the rest “RE TV SHOW: Peaky Blinders [crime drama, historical]”

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