As is the quality of acting, which is undeniably as good as you'll find in any prime-time British drama. The attention to detail, the costumes, the sets, particularly the Lee family dwellings, have all been created to the highest standard. As far from LA Confidential glitz as you can get, the viewer is forced to get down and dirty in the horseshite-ridden streets of post WW1, working-class Birmingham. There is nothing glamorous about being a gangster in this world. This is where Peaky Blinders stands out from the typical run-of- the-mill crime show. Off hand, the only thing that comes close to this style of gangland depiction is the first half of Once Upon A Time in America, were we see the heroes struggling to escape the deprivation of ghetto life. Negative critics of the show seem to have overlooked the fact that this is the first time ever that this side of British gangster-lore has been documented. I would even go as far as to say TV history in the making. Peaky Blinders is one of the most unique British dramas ever made.
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