'Peaky Blinders' uses a variety of components in order to attract an audience and as a result has had a mostly positive response. The era in which the narrative is set is a key reason for the show's popularity, the uses & gratifications model noting that it attracts an audience for the reasons of learning about a time different to our own, and inputting us with knowledge that we use to educate ourselves on relevant issues. It's also easy to form an argument for the time in which the narrative is set being a key factor in the BBC Two drama series positive reputation, as people are able to gain intrinsic cultural enjoyment from examining something so different to our own situations. During the scene where the Shelby brothers get into an altercation with the Irish gypsies, its made clear that the acts these men witnessed during the first world war have effected the way they see society, one character uses a blade to attack one of the gypsies and walks away soon after, as if nothing had happened.

The texts also showcases some postmodern tendencies, through it's use of diegetic and non-diegetic sound throughout the piece. The text has always been highly praised for its high level cinematography and blends traditional, of the time music pieces subtly with more contemporary pieces. It can often be hard to notice these changes in non-digetic sound as the text tends to use multiple pieces in order to better convey characters attitudes and feelings, during the scene where Cillian Murphy's character, Tommy Shelby, is drinking and a few scenes prior to this, the non-digetic sound changes 3 times, in an attempt to reinforce the characters mood. The diegetic sound constantly reinforces the time in which the narrative is set, the drama takes place sometime in the 1920's, times relevant in the industrial revolution...