Behind the scenes on Peaky Blinders with the official book
Just like in the show, Strong had a real-life helper named Curly. 7.The shows famous Peaky Blinders haircut is based in reality, writes Knight. When they came back from the war, thats what they looked like. 13.Julie Walters once played Polly Gray! (Sort of). I remember thinking, What are you doing? We never saw them, but they were there. Further reading:Peaky Blinders: the hidden messages in the series five sets