PEAKY BLINDERS’ Polly Shelby: the silent observer in all of us – SHRINK THE BOX

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4.4 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 30 July 2024

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Ben and Nemone discuss Helen McCrory’s iconic Poly Shelby from Peaky Blinders. She’s a devout Catholic, but up to her neck in the murky world of bootlegging and murder. Nemone gets into the thorny question of how she might match those up, and reveals how each of us has a ‘silent observer’ inside. We also dive into the history of women’s rights in 1920s England. Look out for some killer lines from our Polly, too. If you like this, you’ll love our look at Cersei Lannister and how to lead violent men using more than physical force, and the toll that takes. We want to hear about any theories we might have missed, what you’ve thought of the show so far and your character suggestions. Please drop the team an email (which may be part of the show): [email protected] NEXT CLIENTS ON THE COUCH. Find out how to view here Reginald "Bubbles" Cousins, The Wire (Season 1) Moira Rose, Schitt's Creek (Season 1) Raymond Holt, Brooklyn 99 (selected episodes) Jackson Lamb, Slow Horses (Season 1) Carrie Bradshaw, Sex and the City (selected episodes) CREDITS We used clips from Seasons 1&2 of Peaky Blinders. It’s available to watch on BBC iPlayer. Starring: Tommy Shelby - Cillian Murphy Polly Gray - Helen McCrory Arthur Shelby - Paul Anderson Ada Shelby - Sophie Rundle Finn Shelby - Harry Kirton Lizzie Shelby - Natasha O'Keeffe Linda Shelby - Kate Phillips Created by: Steven Knight Directed by: Otto Bathurst Tom Harper Colm McCarthy Produced by: Katie Swinden Laurie Borg We would love to hear your theories: [email protected] A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts. To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:33.7	Hello it's Simon and Mark here.
0:34.9	This week Ben and Imoan are putting Polly Shelby
0:37.7	from Peaky Blinders on the couch.
0:40.5	Yep, expect talk on why Polly is such a maverick, why a woman of religion and morals
0:44.8	condones extreme violence and well there's plenty more for you to get into no spoiler alerts for now.
0:49.7	Enjoy the show, they would love your emails, voice notes and anything else you want to send
0:53.6	at shrink the box at sony music dot com
0:57.0	but i should tell you something
1:01.0	i will never forgive you or accept you or take you in.
1:07.0	And it's me who runs the business of the heart in this family.
1:16.7	And as far as I'm concerned you're a snitch from the parish and if you're not gone from this city by tomorrow. I'll kill you myself.
1:25.0	Ben Bailey Smith here and I'm Nemo taxes and it's another week another shrink the box and another chance to put our favorite fictional TV characters into therapy with our resident psychotherapist, Namon,
1:43.2	is going to look into what their issues might be,
1:45.2	and approaches to help that we can learn from, too.
1:47.4	Well, and we only have the length of this episode
1:50.2	for some quite complex issues to come up then and our way of thinking about it is
1:54.9	obviously not the only way so we would love to hear what you think as well.
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