# Peaky Blinders

The Shelbys of Birmingham, from a betting shop to Parliament. Scrub from 1919 to 1934: the enemies change, the family does not.

Source: https://netgraf.isik.co/m/peaky-blinders
Kind: Fictional
Summary: 20 people, 31 relationships, 1919 to 1934
Structure: average 2.3 connections each, 12% of the possible ties drawn, 5 communities

## People (20)

- Thomas Shelby, Runs the Shelby Company, from 1919
- Arthur Shelby, Eldest brother, from 1919
- John Shelby, Brother, 1919 to 1925
- Ada Thorne, Sister, from 1919
- Finn Shelby, Youngest brother, from 1919
- Polly Gray, Aunt, company treasurer, 1919 to 1934
- Michael Gray, Polly's son, 1921 to 1934
- Freddie Thorne, Communist, Ada's husband, from 1919
- Grace Burgess, Undercover, then Tommy's wife, 1919 to 1924
- Lizzie Stark, Tommy's second wife, from 1919
- Linda Shelby, Arthur's wife, from 1924
- Esme Shelby, John's wife, Lee family, from 1921
- Gina Gray, Michael's wife, from 1929
- Chester Campbell, Inspector, then Major, 1919 to 1922
- Billy Kimber, Racecourse gangs, 1919
- Darby Sabini, London, Clerkenwell, from 1921
- Alfie Solomons, Camden Town bakery, from 1921
- Luca Changretta, New York, the Changretta family, 1925 to 1926
- Oswald Mosley, Member of Parliament, from 1929
- Winston Churchill, Government, from 1919

## Relationships (31)

- Thomas Shelby and Arthur Shelby: brother of (family)
- Thomas Shelby and John Shelby: brother of (family)
- Thomas Shelby and Ada Thorne: brother of (family)
- Thomas Shelby and Finn Shelby: brother of (family)
- Polly Gray -> Thomas Shelby: aunt of (family)
- Polly Gray -> Michael Gray: mother of (family)
- Ada Thorne and Freddie Thorne: married to (family)
- Thomas Shelby and Grace Burgess: married to (family, 1922 to 1924)
- Thomas Shelby and Lizzie Stark: married to (family, from 1929)
- Arthur Shelby and Linda Shelby: married to (family)
- John Shelby and Esme Shelby: married to (family, 1922 to 1929)
- Michael Gray and Gina Gray: married to (family, from 1929)
- Thomas Shelby -> Arthur Shelby: puts in charge of the men (business)
- Thomas Shelby and Polly Gray: runs the company with (business)
- Thomas Shelby -> Michael Gray: brings into the books (business)
- Thomas Shelby and Alfie Solomons: trades with (business)
- Thomas Shelby and Darby Sabini: carves up the tracks with (business, from 1924)
- Thomas Shelby -> Winston Churchill: works for (business)
- Thomas Shelby -> Oswald Mosley: works for (business, from 1929)
- Grace Burgess -> Chester Campbell: reports to (business, 1919 to 1922)
- Chester Campbell -> Thomas Shelby: hunts (conflict, 1919 to 1922)
- Thomas Shelby -> Billy Kimber: takes the racecourses from (conflict, 1919)
- Thomas Shelby -> Chester Campbell: kills (conflict, 1922)
- Polly Gray -> Chester Campbell: shoots (conflict, 1922)
- Darby Sabini and Thomas Shelby: fights (conflict, 1922 to 1924)
- Alfie Solomons -> Thomas Shelby: betrays (conflict, 1924)
- Luca Changretta -> Thomas Shelby: declares vendetta on (conflict, 1925 to 1926)
- Luca Changretta -> John Shelby: kills (conflict, 1925)
- Michael Gray -> Thomas Shelby: moves against (conflict, from 1934)
- Oswald Mosley -> Thomas Shelby: uses (conflict, from 1929)
- Thomas Shelby -> Oswald Mosley: plans to kill (conflict, 1929 to 1934)

## Tour (4 steps)

1. Birmingham, 1919. A family running a back-street betting shop decides to go national.
2. Polly holds the money and the family together. She is the only person Tommy answers to.
3. Every season is a new enemy, and each one is bigger: the racecourses, London, New York, then Westminster.
4. Grace was sent to inform on him. He married her anyway, and it got her killed.