A Thousand Blows

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A Thousand Blows

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2025 - Present

2 Seasons

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Inspired by the true life stories of a group of characters battling for survival in the brutal East End of London in the 1880s. Hezekiah Moscow and Alec Munroe, best friends on the run from Jamaica, find themselves thrust into the criminal underbelly of London’s thriving bare-knuckle boxing scene. As Hezekiah finds fortune and fame through the art of pugilism, he attracts the attention of the infamous Queen of the Forty Elephants, Mary Carr, who sets about exploiting his talents to further her criminal enterprise. Meanwhile the menacing and self-declared emperor of the East End boxing world, Sugar Goodson, determines to destroy Hezekiah whose ambitions to fight in the West End threatens everything he has built. What ensues is a battle of the old world against the new.

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Steven Knight

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Malachi Kirby

Hezekiah Moscow

Stephen Graham

Sugar Goodson

Erin Doherty

Mary Carr

Francis Lovehall

Alec Munroe

Ziggy Heath

Peggy Bettinson

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Inspired by the true life stories of a group of characters battling for survival in the brutal East End of London in the 1880s. Hezekiah Moscow and Alec Munroe, best friends on the run from Jamaica, find themselves thrust into the criminal underbelly of London’s thriving bare-knuckle boxing scene. As Hezekiah finds fortune and fame through the art of pugilism, he attracts the attention of the infamous Queen of the Forty Elephants, Mary Carr, who sets about exploiting his talents to further her criminal enterprise. Meanwhile the menacing and self-declared emperor of the East End boxing world, Sugar Goodson, determines to destroy Hezekiah whose ambitions to fight in the West End threatens everything he has built. What ensues is a battle of the old world against the new.

Director: Tinge Krishnan, Nick Murphy, Ashley Walters, Coky Giedroyc, Katrin Gebbe, Dionne Edwards
Creator: Steven Knight
Executive Producer: Steven Knight, Tinge Krishnan, Stephen Graham, Hannah Walters, Damian Keogh, Kate Lewis, Tom Miller, Sam Myer, David Olusoga, Lee Mason
Network: Hulu
Rating: TV-MA
Genre: History, Drama, Sports
Original Language: British English
Release Date: Feb 21, 2025

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