Peaky Blinders Season 1
Overview
Birmingham, England, 1919, in the aftermath of World War I. The Shelby family — a Romani-Irish crime family — runs the 'Peaky Blinders,' named for the razor blades sewn into their cap peaks. At their head is Thomas 'Tommy' Shelby (Cillian Murphy), ambitious, cunning, and haunted: a former tunneler in the war, living with nightmares and what we'd now call PTSD, using his strategic mind to build a criminal empire. Around him: Arthur (Paul Anderson), the violent, unstable older brother wrestling with his conscience; John (Joe Cole), the hot-headed, loyal younger brother; Polly Gray (Helen McCrory), the aunt, matriarch, and financial genius; Finn (Harry Kirton), the youngest, eager to prove himself; and Ada (Sophie Rundle), politically active, falling for an IRA man. The season follows their push into horse racing, betting, and gunrunning — and into conflict with the IRA, Inspector Campbell's (Sam Neill) Birmingham police, and the British government itself, represented by Winston Churchill. And then there's Grace Burgess (Annabelle Wallis), the barmaid Tommy falls for, who is secretly Campbell's undercover agent.
