Yes, I'm back on the topic of period dramas. What with Game of Thrones coming back recently, I'm all about that dragon life again. But if you're into slightly more realistic/non-fictional TV shows, I may just have the thing for you.
Peaky Blinders
Let me start off by saying, this is a brilliant show to binge watch with their only being a few episodes per series. Peaky Blinders is set in Birmingham, 1919, just after the First World War - quite a crucial point to the plot. The Peaky Blinders are a violent gang, lead by Thomas Shelby (Cillian Murphy). The story focuses on the Shelby family, and Tommy's ambition to set up a legal bookmakers in Birmingham, hoping to branch out to the rest of the UK and other parts of the world.
Throughout the series, you witness the gangs run in with the police and other groups whilst trying to protect their family and friends - leading to some very raw, gripping and emotional scenes.
The show also gives you a real insight into the hardships of the men who had some of the worst jobs in WWI, including tunnel warfare. This in-depth look at the brutality the men faced through flashbacks, really helps you understand their struggles and how the war changed them as people.
Let me start off by saying, this is a brilliant show to binge watch with their only being a few episodes per series. Peaky Blinders is set in Birmingham, 1919, just after the First World War - quite a crucial point to the plot. The Peaky Blinders are a violent gang, lead by Thomas Shelby (Cillian Murphy). The story focuses on the Shelby family, and Tommy's ambition to set up a legal bookmakers in Birmingham, hoping to branch out to the rest of the UK and other parts of the world.
Throughout the series, you witness the gangs run in with the police and other groups whilst trying to protect their family and friends - leading to some very raw, gripping and emotional scenes.
The show also gives you a real insight into the hardships of the men who had some of the worst jobs in WWI, including tunnel warfare. This in-depth look at the brutality the men faced through flashbacks, really helps you understand their struggles and how the war changed them as people.
Though extremely violent and dangerous, you can't help falling for at least one of the Shelby brothers with their loyalty to their family and to the Peaky Blinders themselves.
With a big star cast from Cillian Murphy, Tom Hardy to Helen McCrory, there's bound to be at least one person you've heard of. Though I will say, there is a fair amount of brutality in the show, so it is not for the faint hearted.
Ripper Street
Ripper Street is set Whitechapel, London in 1889 - six months after the Jack the Ripper killings. The story focuses on three detectives, living in the East End of London solving cases whilst having to deal with obstacles in their personal lives, which frequently intertwine.
In the first series, The head of H Division, Detective Inspector Edmund Reid, unites with Sergeant Bennet Drake (big up Bronn) and Captain Homer Jackson - a former US Army Surgeon and Pinkerton. Together, they begin to investigate the murders of more women in the district.
The show doesn't just focus solely on the men either, Jacksons relationship with brothel owner Susan is one of my favourite parts of the show.
Again, this show can be slightly on the gory side - so I'd stay away if witnessing blood and organs isn't for you.
With Matthew Lewis recently being added to the cast, yes I do mean THE Neville Longbottom (Yorkshire represent), there's no reason why you shouldn't want to watch.
Victoria
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