Peaky Blinders Question

"How has your chosen media text attracted its audience?' 

Peaky blinders is set in Birmingham in 1919, just after the war. It is a crime drama which follows former world war one soldiers who have returned home and formed a criminal gang. The broadcaster of Peaky Blinders is BBC2, aiming to target the arts, culture, drama and some comedy. This text should be appealing to audiences already served by BBC1 or ITV, the two main channels on British TV which serve majority of the population. BBC 2 is highly praised for the development of prestigious 'high brow' drama series. 

Highbrow texts are generally aimed for people who can be an active audience with texts that include intellectual and culturally rich narrative. This text in particular can be polysemic due to the elements of mainstream text narrative which is portrayed throughout. This would suggest that higher class would  tend to be more engaged with the topic of Peaky Blinders, due to evidence in the programme of events and issues that is ported within this. 

Another audience that this may attract would be people who live in Birmingham or the Midlands. This may attract an audience because they would be interested to know historical information about the area and how Birmingham had developed since after the first world war finished. People who may be interested in Birmingham as a city also may like to watch this programme as it gives historical information about the place. 

The opening scene in Peaky Blinders uses modern music in contrast to the era that it is set in, this may attract a younger audience as it shows the idea of modernism. The non-diegetic sound that is used in this is modern, for instance in the opening scene in creates a different mood to the audience, as the cinematic influences of the director are shown in his scene in particular as it shows the build up of drama and the slow-motion of the camera during the fight scene between the peaky blinders and the gypsies, the non-diegetic modern music adds excitement for the audience. However the non-diegetic sound used in Mad Men