En 1919, à Birmingham, soldats, révolutionnaires politiques et criminels combattent pour se faire une place dans le paysage industriel de l'après-Guerre. Le Parlement s'attend à une violente révolte, et Winston Churchill mobilise des forces spéciales pour contenir les menaces. La famille Shelby compte parmi les membres les plus redoutables. Surnommés les "Peaky Blinders" par rapport à leur utilisation de lames de rasoir cachées dans leurs casquettes, ils tirent principalement leur argent de paris et de vol. Tommy Shelby, le plus dangereux de tous, va devoir faire face à l'arrivée de Campbell, un impitoyable chef de la police qui a pour mission de nettoyer la ville. Ne doit-il pas se méfier tout autant de la ravissante Grace Burgess ? Fraîchement installée dans le voisinage, celle-ci semble cacher un mystérieux passé et un dangereux secret.
Set in the fictional Midlands town of Letherbridge, defined as being close to the city of Birmingham, this soap opera follows the staff and families of a doctor's surgery.
Crossroads is a British television soap opera set in a fictional motel near Birmingham, England. Created by Hazel Adair and Peter Ling, the commercial ITV network originally broadcast the series between 1964 and 1988. Produced by ATV and later by Central it became a byword for cheap production values, particularly in the 1970s and early 1980s. The series was revived in a glossier version by Carlton Television in 2001, but was again cancelled in 2003.
The original theme tune was composed by Tony Hatch, and notably covered by Paul McCartney & Wings on their 1975 album Venus and Mars. A new version, which was first aired in 1987 when the series was relaunched as Crossroads, Kings Oak, was composed by Raf Ravenscroft and Max Early.
Boon is a British television drama and modern-day western series starring Michael Elphick, David Daker, and later Neil Morrissey. It was created by Jim Hill and Bill Stair and filmed by Central Television for ITV. It revolved around the life of a modern-day Lone Ranger and ex-firefighter, Ken Boon.
Family-based sitcom set in the capital of British Pakistan - Sparkhill, Birmingham. Citizen Khan follows the trials and tribulations of loud-mouthed, tight-fisted, self-appointed community leader Mr Khan and his long suffering family, wife Mrs Khan and daughters Shazia and Alia.
Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais' adaptation of Jonathon Coe's novel follow a group of Birmingham teenagers, and their families, through the 1970s.
L'exploration du mouvement des gangs de masse qui a vu le jour à Birmingham et dans d'autres villes industrielles au 19e siècle et qui a évolué vers le gangstérisme moderne au début du 20e siècle.