The Peaky Blinders were a street gang based in Birmingham, England, which operated from the 1880s until the 1920s. The group consisted largely of young criminals from lower- to working-class backgrounds. They engaged in robbery, violence, racketeering, illegal bookmaking, and control of gambling.
In pubs sometimes people say things and sometimes it’s the whisky talking. It’s hard to tell which is which. Lies travel faster than the truth. Fortune drops something valuable into your lap, you don’t just dump it on the bank of the cut. A good man needs to hold out sometimes. You don’t parley when you’re on the back foot
Tommy says this to himself after killing Michael (Finn Cole), a cousin who wanted him dead, because he believes his mother Polly (Helen McRory) died because of following some of Tommy's advice
Britain is a mixture of despair and hedonism in 1919 in the aftermath of the Great War. Returning soldiers, newly minted revolutions and criminal gangs are fighting for survival in a nation rocked by economic upheaval.
Colm McCarthy, (series 2), Tim Mielants (series 3), Anthony Byrne (series 5–6), (series 4), (series 1)