In the smoky, industrial heart of Birmingham, where the clang of the forge meets the grit of ambition, Thomas Michael Shelby emerges as a man shaped by war, loss, and relentless aspiration. The Great War stripped him of innocence, thrusting him into the cacophony of battle, where fear became a companion and death, a specter looming closer with each gunshot. Returning to a world transformed, he finds his familiar streets filled with the ghosts of fallen comrades and the shadows of his own making. Ambition courses through him like fire as he seizes control of the infamous Peaky Blinders gang, intricately weaving a web of crime and influence that challenges the very fabric of society.
Every calculated move he makes within the unforgiving landscape of crime bears the weight of his past—a tapestry woven from the remnants of war, from youth lost to love found and severed. His relationships dance between tenderness and betrayal, embodying the complexity of a man perpetually torn between ambition and morality, love and vendetta. Through a relentless pursuit of power, loyalty to family clashes irreversibly with his own aspirations, leaving a trail of grief and blood, all the while he navigates a world caught between the glories and betrayals of the past.
Netflix