The final episode of #PeakyBlinders aired yesterday on BBC One.
🟣 After a successful series, @hiyalauren wonders about its impact on the second city where it is set.
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🟣 After a successful series, @hiyalauren wonders about its impact on the second city where it is set.
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📺Peaky Blinders has become more than simply a drama - it's now an industry of its own.
It has also made Birmingham, a place that TV has historically avoided, perhaps slightly more of a destination that it once was.
Did the show inject more interest to the city❓
It has also made Birmingham, a place that TV has historically avoided, perhaps slightly more of a destination that it once was.
Did the show inject more interest to the city❓
Peaky Blinders attractions have started appearing:
🟣BBC-commissioned mural of Tommy Shelby by artist Arkse P19
🟣A themed pub in Dale End
🟣A traditional tailor selling waistcoats and flat caps on Corporation Street
🟣Until 2020, walking tours led by Prof Carl Chinn
🟣BBC-commissioned mural of Tommy Shelby by artist Arkse P19
🟣A themed pub in Dale End
🟣A traditional tailor selling waistcoats and flat caps on Corporation Street
🟣Until 2020, walking tours led by Prof Carl Chinn
📚But the real Peaky Blinders are far from the story of the gangsters in the series, says Chinn who wrote Peaky Blinders: The Real Story
“The real Peaky Blinders were the backstreet thugs of Birmingham in the 1980s. They bullied the poor and were not the glamorous anti-heroes."
“The real Peaky Blinders were the backstreet thugs of Birmingham in the 1980s. They bullied the poor and were not the glamorous anti-heroes."
🎉 Birmingham hasn’t always been the best at celebrating its achievements, says @hiyalauren
This is not entirely bad when it comes to the BBC hit though: it would be a shame to see the city become a shrine to a TV franchise, she said.
This is not entirely bad when it comes to the BBC hit though: it would be a shame to see the city become a shrine to a TV franchise, she said.
🎵In September, the Peaky Blinders music festival will be held.
🎭Also, a Peaky Blinders dance theatre production will be launched, co-created by Steven Knight and the Rambert Company.
Even after the series ends, the city will reap the benefits
📷 BBC
🎭Also, a Peaky Blinders dance theatre production will be launched, co-created by Steven Knight and the Rambert Company.
Even after the series ends, the city will reap the benefits
📷 BBC
Read more here⬇️
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