Peaky Blinders: Created by Steven Knight. With Cillian Murphy, Paul Anderson, Sophie Rundle, Helen McCrory. A gangster family epic set in 1900s England, centring on a gang who sew razor blades in the peaks of their caps, and their fierce boss Tommy Shelby. A gangster family epic set in 1919 Birmingham, England and centred on a gang who sew razor blades in the peaks of their caps, and their fierce boss Tommy Shelby, who means to move up in the world.