History Trivia / PeakyBlinders

** The Sicilian-American Luca Changretta is portrayed by Creator/AdrienBrody, who is of Polish and Hungarian descent.

** Alfie Simmons, a London Jew, is played by the decidedly not Jewish Tom Hardy, who is of Anglo-Irish descent.

* FakeAmerican: Technically subverted by Creator/AnyaTaylorJoy, who was born in America (and plays the American Gina Grey), but she grew up all her life in England.

* TheCharacterDiedWithHim: [[spoiler: As of Season 6, this trope applies to Polly Gray, who was killed off in universe by the IRA after actress Creator/HelenMcCrory passed away from breast cancer.]]
* DawsonCasting: Tommy's age in the pilot is given as 29, which would make him from 22 in the UsefulNotes/WorldWarI flashbacks to 34 as of season 3. Cillian Murphy is ''forty''. Has anyone checked his attic for a portrait?!

* FakeBrit: Irishman Cillian Murphy playing Brummie Thomas Shelby.

** Creator/AnnabelleWallis 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.

** The Jewish gangster Alfie Simmons is played by the decidedly not Jewish Tom Hardy who is of Anglo-Irish descent.
** The Sicilian-American Luca Changretta is portrayed by Creator/AdrienBrody is of Polish and Hungarian descent.

* AuthorExistenceFailure: Creator/HelenMcCrory passed away in 2021 from cancer, leaving the future of Aunt Polly for the remainder of the series in doubt.

* FakeNationality: The Jewish gangster Alfie Simmons is played by the decidedly not Jewish Tom Hardy who is of Anglo-Irish descent.

* BigNameFan: Among others, Music/SnoopDogg and Music/DavidBowie (who, before passing away, gave permission for the at-the-time unreleased title track from ''Lazarus'' to be used in season 3).

* TeasingCreator: There's been a big backlash from some parts of the fandom in reaction to [[spoiler: the death of Grace in season 3]]. Not helping is the [[WordOfGod varying]] [[WordOfSaintPaul reactions]] of the creator/actors - writer/creator Steven Knight says [[spoiler: she's dead]], but seems to like poking the fanbase about it; actor/executive producer Creator/CillianMurphy says [[spoiler: he's disappointed, but she's dead]]; actress Annabelle Wallis [[spoiler: seems to be playing it coy, questioning if Grace somehow survived and acting as if she may return]]. So basically God and Sts Paul and Peter are arguing amongst themselves.
* TheOtherDarrin: In seasons 2-4, Isiah Jesus is played by Jordan Bolger, but in season five, Daryl [=McCormack=] takes over.

* BigNameFan: Among others, Snoop Dogg and David Bowie (who, before passing away, gave permission for the at-the-time unreleased title track from ''Lazarus'' to be used in season 3).

* 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.

* AllStarCast: The cast is packed top to bottom with recognizable and well-known actors, with Cillian Murphy, Sam Neill, and Adrien Brody getting major starring roles and Paddy Considine, Alexander Siddig, Tom Hardy, and Aidan Gillen (among others) getting supporting parts.

* DawsonCasting: Tommy's age in the pilot is given as 29, which would make him from 22 in the WW1 flashbacks to 34 as of season 3. Cillian Murphy is ''forty''. Has anyone checked his attic for a portrait?!