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Peaky Blinders · Season 1 · Netflix

Peaky Blinders Season 1

Peaky Blinders Season 1 is a MUST-WATCH, BollyMeter 8.8/10. 6 episodes on Netflix from 12 September 2013.

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BollyMeter8.8/10Strong critical reception on BBC Two. The show introduced Cillian Murphy as Tommy Shelby - a performance built on stillness and calculation that became the defining British TV lead of the decade. The anachronistic soundtrack (Nick Cave, PJ Harvey) signalled that this was not heritage drama.

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The debut series of Peaky Blinders arrived on BBC Two to solid reviews and modest ratings - its global reputation was built retrospectively through Netflix distribution. Steven Knight's creation of Birmingham's Shelby family is distinguished by the combination of rigorous period authenticity and deliberate anachronism: the soundtrack, the styling, the refusal to treat the 1919 setting as heritage. Cillian Murphy's Tommy Shelby is the key: a First World War veteran running a criminal gang with the tactical intelligence of a military commander and the emotional vacancy of someone hollowed out by what he survived. Sam Neill's Inspector Campbell is the adversary the pilot needed to establish stakes. The six-episode run is tight and economical; the world is fully built.

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8.8/10IMDb audience
  • “Cillian Murphy's Tommy Shelby is a commanding creation - Peaky Blinders announces itself as British TV's most stylistically assured new drama.”
    Rotten Tomatoes (critics consensus)