cillian murphy played the main character in peaky blinders.
cillian murphy played the main character in peaky blinders.
who plays the main character in peaky blinders?
cillian murphy
"peaky blinders" is a gangster family epic set in birmingham, england in 1919, several months after the end of the first world war in november 1918. the story centres on the peaky blinders gang and their ambitious and highly cunning boss tommy shelby (played by cillian murphy). the gang comes to the attention of chief inspector major chester campbell (played by sam neill), a detective in the royal irish constabulary sent over by winston churchill from belfast, where he had been sent to "clean up" the city of the irish republican army (ira), communists, gangs and common criminals. winston churchill (played by andy nyman in series 1 and richard mccabe in series 2) charged him with suppressing disorder and uprising in birmingham and recovering a stolen cache of arms meant to be shipped to libya. the first series concludes on 3 december 1919 – "black star day", the event where the peaky blinders plan to take over billy kimber's betting pitches at the worcester races.
peaky blinders (tv series)
the peaky blinders were a criminal gang based in birmingham, england, in the late 19th century and, to a lesser extent, in the early 20th century. philip gooderson, author of "the gangs of birmingham", states that the peaky blinders originated as a specific gang, but the term later became a generic label. an earlier gang known as the cheapside sloggers had evolved in the 1870s, and the term "sloggers" (meaning fighters) had already become a generic local label for street gangs when the peaky blinders emerged at the end of the century in adderley street, in the bordesley and small heath areas, which was an extremely deprived slum section of birmingham at the time. the peaky blinders were distinguished by their sartorial style, unlike earlier gangs. notable members included david taylor (imprisoned for carrying a gun at 13 years old), "baby-faced" harry fowles, ernest haynes and stephen mcnickle.
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