Peaky blinders is streaming on the bbc iplayer and netflix now Throughout the show's 5 seasons, the shelby brothers can be heard reciting the quote in the bleak midwinter, but what does it mean. The poem is a christmas hymn about the birth of christ, but also a reminder of death and survival for the characters. Peaky blinders fans will immediately recognize the haunting line “in the bleak midwinter.” but most fans probably aren’t familiar with the origin of the phrase or the woman who wrote it.
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