Starring: Cillian Murphy, Helen McCrory, Paul Anderson, Iddo Goldberg, Sophie Rundle
Genres: Drama
Factual error: Moss is apparently now a chief superintendent. This rank was not widely used in England until 1949 and was not in use in Birmingham City Police until at least that time.
Factual error: Birmingham Urban District Council is mentioned. There was no Birmingham UDC. Birmingham was a County Borough with City status, not an Urban District.
Grace Burgess: You think I am a whore?
Tommy Shelby: Everyone's a whore, Grace. We just sell different parts of ourselves.
Episode #1.5 - S1-E5
Trivia: Tommy Flanagan plays Arthur Shelby Sr, father to Arthur (Paul Anderson) and Tommy (Cillian Murphy). In real life, Flanagan is only 11 years older than Murphy and 13 years older than Anderson. (Incidentally, Arthur is 3 years older than Tommy despite Anderson being 2 years younger than Murphy).
Episode #2.2 - S2-E2
Question: Was there prohibition in England? If not, why was Alfie running an underground distillery using a bakery as a cover instead of just having a legit distillery?
Answer: There has never been prohibition in England. There are many reasons for running an underground distillery. It would be a way to avoid things like government regulations, safe distilling methods, alcohol content limits, taxation, fix pricing, and so on.
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