peaky blinders industry

who created peaky blinders?

Steve Knight created peaky blinders. he grew up in Birmingham so he had experience of the area

is Steve Knight a successful producer?

yes, hes created other popular shows like Eastern Promies, Dirty Pretty Things and hummingbirds.

How do these shows show relation to Peaky Blinders?

it gives Steve Knight a track record of writing crime drama that focused on social issues and working class communities.

how did Steve Knights involvement help attract different things for peaky blinders?

his involvement helped to attract funding and partner companies.

who funded Peaky Blinders?

BBC 2 funded the series and commissioned Tiger Aspect to produce it

what company produced PB

Tiger Aspect and Caryn Mandabach

what conventions are in the production companies

both companies are independent although Tiger Aspect has years of experience producing television

who else did PB secure funding from?

They also secured some funding from the Yorkshire Screen fund on the bass they would be representing regional yorkshire

who is Caryn Mandabach

Caryn Mandabach (producer) was successful and had win awards for her previous work - gave them more trust and faith in the show

why was Tiger Aspect good for PB

tiger aspect had experience producing popular TV dramas about working class communities

why was it good to have the BBC involved?

the BBC is a PSB funded by license fees and not adverts

what does the fact that bbc is funded by license fees mean for the company?

means they can take mor risks with their content as they are not forced to target mass audiences

what is an example of something risky that the crime drama did?

filming a historical drama in a regional area of yorkshire might be considered quite risky

what do tv dramas offer in the bbc remit

tv dramas offer entertainment part of the psb remit which explains why the BBC would make a programme of this nature

who is the BBC regulated by?

Ofcom regulates the BBC and a report they did in 2018 suggested that the BBC needed to do more to represent regional areas and working class people

how did the bbc make pb life easier?

the bbc was moving all their offices up north and this made producing content in yorkshire easier

how will being on the bbc help the show seem better

being on bbc wil help give the series a feeling of quality

what was peaky blinders budget per episode because of the bbc

they had a budget of approximately $1.5million per episode

how did the show use actors to their advantage

some famous actors were cast to help market the show and engage audiences such as cillian murphy who was in dunkirk and helen mccrory who was in harry potter

where was most of the filming for the show done

funding from yorkshire screen fund meant some filming was done in places like leeds and liverpool

how did northern accents have an affect on the show?

global audiences struggled to understand some of the strong regional accents so cast were made to tone them down which was essential if they wanted to distribute the show in places like America

where was the show first released

the show was origonally broadcast on BBC 2 in the U.K and later moved to BBC

where else was it available?

the availability on BBC iplayer reflects the growing trend for TV on demand. it has also been available on netflix and prime helping reaching new audiences

how does PB fit with netflix

Netflix has made a commitment to “telling local stories to global audiences” so a show about rural northern britain fits

is BBC vertically or horizontally integrated

although the BBC is vertically integrated, they initially outsources global distribution to The Weinstein Company and Endemol

how did having these distribution companies help?

as two large powerful and experienced companies they distrubuted the show globally outside of britain

what made the BBC want to avoid working with Harvey Weinstein

after HW was discovered to have sexually assaulted serveral actresses (MeToo scandal) the BBC wanted to avoid association with him

how did they avoid working with Weinstein

the BBC encouraged Netflix to do a deal with the weinstein company to acquire the international distribution rights

is there any rumors about the show

rumors of a movie to extend the success of the show