Study Uses and Gratifications theory and question, which gratifications audiences would gain from each of your studied texts.

Peaky Blinders
                         
Information - Learning; self-education gaining a sense of security through knowledge.

The audience gains gratifications throughout learning throughout about the social, political and historical context from the 1919s, post World War I. A prime example of this is in the scene where Tommy and C.I. Chester Cambell meet up in a tea room. In this scene Tommy talks about the significant happenings during this time, an example being that he threatens to sell the machine guns to the IRA, who were seen as a major threat due to the risks of civil war. Also he refers to the communists, who were also seen as an upcoming threat, revolving against the capitalist society in the 1919s. Also in a scene between Tommy and Grace, when Tommy is riding his white horse throughout we hear the digetic sound of the industrial machinery and work, also giving insight to the idea that the industrial revolution has already happened and taken affect. This gratification will appeal to an active audience, who would appreciate the content of the text, and decode it notice the information given.

How does Peaky Blinders attract its audience?

Steven Knight's, Peaky Blinders is a BBC2 crime drama, set in 1919. It follows the soldiers who have returned home from World War I and created a an illegitimate business as well as forming a criminal gang. 

One way in which Peaky Blinders attracts it audience is through retrophilia which is 'is a term used to describe aspects of modern culture which are consciously derivative or imitative of those trends, modes, fashions, or attitudes of the recent past which have or had come to be seen as unfashionable.' This complies with the Uses and Gratifications theory, as the audience gains information from the 1919s from this text, whilst enjoying the text as well as learning from it at the same time. Peaky Blinders provides the audience with culturally and historical knowledge throughout the narrative, and an example of this is through the character of Aunt Polly, who has experienced power through men being away at war, and know they are back she wants to restore that power and remain a dominant figure within the shelby family. In the second episode after Tommy has gained a larger turnover after fixing a race, Aunt Polly confronts him on fixing the race without gaining permission from Billy Kimber.