Gangs of Digbeth

Later this year the BBC screen a new six-part drama by Steven Knight called Peaky Blinders, about the violent netherworld of turn-of-the-century Birmingham. Local historian Chris Upton – leader of our Odeon bus-tour back in 2010 – worked as a consultant on the series, and this walking tour is an opportunity to join him as he sketches out the battle-lines of some of the city’s most notorious gangs.