Audiences

Question 1

What is the show for many audiences?

Answer 1

Entertaining as the crime genre is very popular.

Question 2

What do many audiences enjoy?

Answer 2

Many audiences enjoy the spectacle of the period settings, costume, hair and makeup

Question 3

What made Peaky Blinder more exciting for some?

Answer 3

It was more violent than other period dramas

Question 4

How could Peaky Blinders be educating?

Answer 4

Teaches audiences about life in the time period and educates audiences about the real gang the show is based on.

Question 5

Who may relate to the content of the series?

Answer 5

Educated intelligent, or cultures audiences might respond well to this as will WC audiences or those who live in those areas who could relate to the content.

Question 6

What may appeal to audiences who politically lean left?

Answer 6

The social and political messages about class, wealth and poverty may appeal to viewers who politically lean left.

Question 7

What offers a form of escapism?

Answer 7

Historical dramas

Question 8

What appeals to a male audience?

Answer 8

The strong dominant masculine representations may appeal to and offer role models for many male audiences.

Question 9

What may appeal to a female audience?

Answer 9

The counter typical strong female characters may appeal to women looking for powerful role models.

Question 10

What will have attracted fans of quality TV dramas?

Answer 10

The BBCs involvement

Question 11

How did some audiences find the show?

Answer 11

Too graphic and violent and many noted historical inacuracies in the show.

Question 12

Where did many fans flock to and what for?

Answer 12

Fans flocked to areas like Liverpool and Birmgham to tsar part in tours of the location used in filming.

Question 13

What became very popular from the series?

Answer 13

Fashion from the series became very popular among many fans.

Question 14

What did the official festival allow for?

Answer 14

Fans to meet and celebrate with themed events

Question 15

Where can active audiences engage?

Answer 15

On social media some fans are active online with fan made Wiki pages, fan art, memes and fiction

Question 16

Where could audiences even go to?

Answer 16

Audiences could see immersive dances and theatrical shows based on the series.

Question 17

Who does Peaky Blinders availability on Prime and Netflix appeal to?

Answer 17

Modern audiences who enjoy TV on demand as well as convergent technology are engaged through Netflix and prime.

Question 18

What else was used to engage fans?

Answer 18

Th famous cast

Question 19

What would traditionally masculine audiences identify with?

Answer 19

The tough, non-nonsense male characters, whilst respecting their strict codes and moral values.

Question 20

What would the dominant reading of Peaky Blinders be?

Answer 20

Viewers who agree with and enjoy the valorisation of working-class lives and history

Question 21

What would the negotiated meaning of PB be?

Answer 21

Some viewers may enjoy the depictions of industrial areas as vibrant and exciting but may find the stylised violence upsetting.

Question 22

What would an oppositional reading of PB be?

Answer 22

Viewers may find the style off putting and superficial and the historical accuracy dubious (factually the Blinders mainly operated in the late 1800s not the 1920s). They may also reject the use of anachronistic punk and rock music annoying.

Question 23

What has PB been credited for?

Answer 23

Fuelling a cultural renaissance in Birmigham

Question 24

Who attended the Peaky Blinders festival?

Answer 24

20,000 people including the mayor of Birmingham in costume.

Question 25

What are there social media groups for?

Answer 25

There are social media groups around the world dedicated to Peaky Blinders cosplay and the hashtag peaky blinders threads on tiktok.