Netflix’s Fool Me Once and Peaky Blinders have an unlikely connection – if you pay close enough attention to their settings

A really big house in the country

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Netflix’s Fool Me Once is currently blowing up the Netflix charts and, as it turns out, one of its key locations has a very explosive history of its own in another popular drama.

The Burkett family home is the real-life location of Arley Hall in Cheshire, England. It’s pulled double duty elsewhere – as Tommy Shelby’s stately manor in Peaky Blinders.

“They really thought they could fool us with Tommy Shelby’s house,” the Netflix UK account wrote on Instagram, accompanied by a side-by-side look at the two establishing shots of Arley Hall from each series.

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The new crime thriller, starring Michelle Keegan as a woman confronted with the potential return of her dead husband Joe (Richard Armitage) has captivated viewers on Netflix – the Harlan Coben adaptation, which also stars Adeel Akhtar, Jade Anouka, and Joanna Lumley, hasreached the #1 spot in the UK.

“I binged #FoolMeOnce overnight coz I couldn’t stop watching. So many twists. It had me hooked,” one viewertweeted. “I did not expect to end #FoolMeOnce in floods of tears but that was BRILLIANT,“saidanother.

It’s already been a killer start to 2024. Two dramas – True Detective: Night Country and The Tourist season 2 – aresitting pretty on perfect Rotten Tomatoes ratings. Let’s hope the rest of the year can keep up.

All eight episodes of Fool Me Once are now streaming on Netflix. For more, check our explainer on theFool Me Once ending. Then, once your binged your heart out, be sure to check out thebest Netflix showsandbest Netflix moviesavailable on the streamer.

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