The cars of ‘Peaky Blinders’
Polly Gray was played by the late Helen McCrory and her choice of wheels caused the production team some problems. “Tommy drove a Bentley and so Polly…
Peaky Blinders finale, review: a dreary slog then – boom! – a twist that saved the series
We knew things were about to get weird because the musical director had just treated us to the strains of a Radiohead side-project. And then Ruby dropped…
The worst final season since Game of Thrones? How Peaky Blinders fell apart
After six seasons, dozens of slow-motion montages, and more Nick Cave songs than you could shake a red right hand at, Peaky Blinders reaches the end of…
The worst final season since Game of Thrones? How Peaky Blinders fell apart
After six seasons, dozens of slow-motion montages, and more Nick Cave songs than you could shake a red right hand at, Peaky Blinders reaches the end of…
Peaky Blinders has finally achieved the impossible – it’s become boring
Peaky Blinders has, by contrast, shuddered more or less to a standstill. This week’s instalment started explosively enough, as Tommy tossed into a Birmingham canal the ticking…
The name’s Shelby… Tommy Shelby: have we met our new James Bond?
Cillian Murphy has recently been dragged into the “conversation” about the next James Bond. Presumably, this is because he combines the key attributes of two previous 007s…
Only Stephen Graham can save this plodding final series of Peaky Blinders
Stephen Graham is exactly what Peaky Blinders (BBC One) needs as it tries to shrug off the gloom that has accumulated around this stodgy farewell season of…
Peaky Blinders’ toe-curling obsession with real historical figures is its greatest vice
Tommy Shelby (Cillian Murphy) may have given up the booze but Peaky Blinders (BBC One) continues to struggle with its own problematic addictions. Most glaringly, its obsession…
Peaky Blinders, series 6, episode 1, review: goodbye Aunt Polly, hello teetotal Tommy
For a show hewn from pomp, crunching guitars and in-yer-face swagger, how clever to take our breath away with birdsong. In normal circumstances, 60 minutes of Peaky’s…
Peaky Blinders series 6, first-look review: bombastic, yes, but still a masterclass in style and substance
“Since we last met,” said Cillian Murphy’s Tommy Shelby midway through the opener of the final series of Peaky Blinders, “I’ve become a better man.” That is…
Luggage, coffee shops, Tommy Shelby haircuts: how Peaky Blinders conquered Britain
And the sixth and final series, which starts this Sunday, was trailed last week with a 42ft-high mural of Tommy on the side of a building on…
Why all middle-aged men want to look like a Peaky Blinder (and why some shouldn’t)
Peaky Blinders is back, with the sixth and final season of the series announced this week. And with news that the menacing Thomas Shelby and his gang…
The 10 best TV shows to look forward to in 2022
With this craving for content, an inevitable consequence has been an insatiable demand for stories. As a result, literature has found itself in fresh demand: you buy…