Season 1 was highly acclaimed for its gritty atmosphere, cinematography, and lead performances.

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Birmingham, 1919. The economy is shattered. Soldiers are returning from World War I traumatized, jobless, and angry. Thomas Shelby (Cillian Murphy) leads the Peaky Blinders—a gang known for sewing razor blades into the peaks of their caps. Their goal? To move up from small-time betting and robbery to owning a legitimate business with a seized cache of guns.