Exploring the mass gang movement that originated in Birmingham and other industrial cities in the 19th century and evolved into modern gangsterism in the early 20th.
S1E1 · 2022-03-07 · 52m
The origins of the real Peaky Blinders, a mass street gang phenomenon that arose in Birmingham at the end of the 19th century.
S1E2 · 2022-03-14 · 51m
Looking at the birth of organised crime in Britain. Billy Kimber’s gang clash with London’s Sabini gang and Alfie Solomon in the racecourse wars of 1921.
Mark Frost
Narrator
Steven Knight
Self
Carl Chinn
Martyn Hillyard
Billy Kimber
Corinne Brazier
Self - Heritage Manager At West Midlands Police