london, england,victorian england,east end of london,1880s

A Thousand Blows (2025)

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Hezekiah and Alec, two friends from Jamaica, finds themselves thrust into the criminal underbelly of London's East End. Here they meet Mary Carr, Queen of an all-female criminal gang known as the Forty Elephants, and run afoul of Sugar Goodson, criminal kingpin and notorious boxer.

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Cast & Crew

Director
  • Profile picture of Malachi Kirby
    Hezekiah Moscow Malachi Kirby
  • Profile picture of Erin Doherty
    Mary Carr Erin Doherty
  • Profile picture of James Nelson-Joyce
    Edward 'Treacle' Goodson James Nelson-Joyce
  • Profile picture of Jason Tobin
    Mr Lao Jason Tobin
  • Profile picture of Darci Shaw
    Alice Diamond Darci Shaw
  • Profile picture of Francis Lovehall
    Alec Munroe Francis Lovehall
  • Profile picture of Hannah Walters
    Eliza Moody Hannah Walters
  • Profile picture of Morgan Hilaire
    Esme Long Morgan Hilaire

Videos

Poster for Season 1

Season 1

2025

6 episodes

Season 1 of A Thousand Blows premiered on February 21, 2025

In season 1, 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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Keywords

  • london, england
  • victorian england
  • east end of london
  • 1880s