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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Arifa Akbar

Peaky Blinders: The Rise review – immersed in a criminally flimsy plot

Craig Hamilton as Tommy Shelby in Peaky Blinders: The Rise.
Craig Hamilton as Tommy Shelby in Peaky Blinders: The Rise. Photograph: Tristram Kenton/The Guardian

It is 1921 and the Shelby clan have made their way from Birmingham to London to conquer the capital’s underbelly. They have issued an invitation for a family meeting to which we are invited.

Anyone who has watched Steven Knight’s crime-gang TV series Peaky Blinders will know that an immersive show with Tommy Shelby at its heart is bound to involve a good few drinks, perhaps a punch-up – and maybe even a bullet to the back of the head.

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