History Trivia / PeakyBlinders

** Annabelle Wallis plays the trope straight; she's from England.

* TimeShiftedActor: Due to a two-year time skip between seasons, Alfie Evans-Meese plays 11 year old Finn Shelby in season one and Harry Kirton plays 13 year old Finn Shelby from season two onwards.

* TimeShiftedActor: Due to a two-year time skip between seasons, Alfie Evans-Meese plays 11 year old Finn Shelby in season one and Harry Kirton plays 13 year old Finn Shelby in season two.

* DawsonCasting: Tommy's age in the pilot is given as 29, which would make him from 24 in the WW1 flashbacks to 32 as of season 2. Cillian Murphy is ''thirty-eight''. Has anyone checked his attic for a portrait?!

* FakeIrish: Annabelle Wallis plays the trope straight; she's from England. Sam Neill is a subversion; he was born in Northern Ireland and his character is from Northern Ireland, but he's more frequently billed from where he grew up in New Zealand.

* TimeShiftedActor: Due to a two-year time skip between seasons, Alfie Evans-Meese plays 10 year old Finn Shelby in season one and Harry Kirton plays 13 year old Finn Shelby in season two.

* HeyItsThatGuy: This is another one of those BBC casts that wins the HITG! competition hands-down.
** Tommy is [[Film/BatmanBegins Dr. Jonathan Crane]] and [[Film/{{Inception}} Robert Fischer]].
** Polly is [[Film/HarryPotter Narcissa Malfoy]].
** Campbell is [[Film/JurassicPark Alan Grant]], [[Series/{{Merlin}} Merlin]], and [[TheTudors Cardinal Wolsey]].
** Arthur is [[Film/SherlockHolmesAGameOfShadows Sebastian Moran]].
** John is [[Series/TheHour Trevor the fascist]] and [[Series/{{Skins}} Luke]].
** Grace is [[Series/TheTudors Jane Seymour]].
** Freddie is [[Series/SecretDiaryOfACallGirl Ben]].
** Ada is [[Series/TheBletchleyCircle Lucy]].
** Arthur Senior is [[Series/SonsOfAnarchy Chibs Telford]].
** Esme is [[Series/{{Luther}} Jenny Jones]].
** Roberts is [[Series/SecretDiaryOfACallGirl Byron]] and [[Series/{{Luther}} Toby Kent]]
** Darby Sabini is [[Series/GameOfThrones Locke]].
** Alfie Solomons is Bane and [[Film/{{Inception}} Eames]].
** Lizzie is [[Series/{{Misfits}} Abby Smith]].
** Father Hughes is [[Film/HotFuzz Andy Wainwright]] and [[Film/{{Pride}} Dai]].

* SeparatedAtBirthCasting: The casting department on ''Peaky Blinders'' really must be commended. Cillian Murphy, Paul Anderson, and Joe Cole as the three eldest Shelby brothers all share the same blue eyes and jawline, and Anderson in particular is a dead ringer for a younger Tommy Flanagan, who plays their father. Among the ladies, Helen [=McCrory=] and Sophie Rundle could play mother and daughter, not aunt and niece, and they both share similar features with the men of the family. Youngest Shelby brother Finn as played by Alfie Evans-Meese wasn't as close a fit, resemblance-wise, but Harry Kirton as the teenaged Finn looks exactly like Cole. Not to mention Joe Cole's younger brother Finn playing Michael Grey, who also looks as if he could be Helen [=McCrory=]'s son.

** Arthur is [[Film/SherlockHolmes Sebastian Moran]].

* ActorAllusion:
** In 2.01, Tommy has [[Film/BatmanBegins a bag thrown over his head]] by the IRA goons.
*** Tommy deals with both the IRA and communists, [[Film/TheWindThatShakesTheBarley groups he should be fairly familiar with]].
** Helen [=McCrory=] should be used to [[Series/PennyDreadful seances]] by now.

** John is [[Series/TheHour Trevor the fascist]] and [[{{Skins}} Luke]].

** In 2.01, Tommy has [[BatmanBegins a bag thrown over his head]] by the IRA goons.

** Helen [=McCrory=] should be used to [[PennyDreadful seances]] by now.

** Tommy is [[BatmanBegins Dr. Jonathan Crane]] and [[Film/{{Inception}} Robert Fischer]].
** Polly is [[HarryPotter Narcissa Malfoy]].
** Campbell is [[JurassicPark Alan Grant]], [[Series/{{Merlin}} Merlin]], and [[TheTudors Cardinal Wolsey]].

** Grace is [[TheTudors Jane Seymour]].
** Freddie is [[SecretDiaryOfACallGirl Ben]].

** Arthur Senior is [[SonsOfAnarchy Chibs Telford]].

** Roberts is [[SecretDiaryOfACallGirl Byron]] and [[Series/{{Luther}} Toby Kent]]
** Darby Sabini is [[GameOfThrones Locke]].

** Esme is [[{{Luther}} Jenny Jones]].
** Roberts is [[SecretDiaryOfACallGirl Byron]] and [[{{Luther}} Toby Kent]]

* SeparatedAtBirthCasting: The casting department on ''Peaky Blinders'' really must be commended. Cillian Murphy, Paul Anderson, and Joe Cole as the three eldest Shelby brothers all share the same blue eyes and jawline, and Anderson in particular is a dead ringer for a younger Tommy Flanagan, who plays their father. Among the ladies, Helen [=McCrory=] and Sophie Rundle could play mother and daughter, not aunt and niece, and they both share similar features with the men of the family. Youngest Shelby brother Finn as played by Alfie Evans-Meese wasn't as close a fit, resemblance-wise, but Harry Kirton as the teenaged Finn looks exactly like Cole. Not to mention Joe Cole's younger brother Finn playing Michael Grey, who also looks as if he could be Helen [=McCrory=]'s son.

* PlayingGertrude: There are only 8 years between Cillian Murphy and Helen [=McCrory=], and depending on her character's age, anywhere from 8-12 years between their characters. Justified because Polly is not the mother of any of the Shelby kids, and presumably her brother Arthur was older.

** Charlotte Riley (May Carleton) and Tom Hardy (Alfie Solomons) are a couple in real life.

* ProductionPosse: Tom Hardy was cast as Alfie Solomons because creator Steven Knight had just directed him in ''Locke'' a few months before they begun casting for season 2. Also a factor was Hardy's acting relationship with Cillian Murphy (Tommy).

** Alfie Solomons is [[Film/{{Inception}} Eames]].

** Lizzie is [[Series/{{Misfits}} Abbey Smith]].

** Alfie Solomons is [[Film/{{Inception}} Eames]].

** Darby Sabini is [[GameOfThrones Locke]].