A Thousand Blows

Overview

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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Steven Knight

creator

Cast

Malachi Kirby

Hezekiah Moscow

Total episodes: 6

Erin Doherty

Mary Carr

Total episodes: 6

James Nelson-Joyce

Edward 'Treacle' Goodson

Total episodes: 6

Jason Tobin

Mr Lao

Total episodes: 6

Darci Shaw

Alice Diamond

Total episodes: 6

Francis Lovehall

Alec Munroe

Total episodes: 6

Hannah Walters

Eliza Moody

Total episodes: 6

Morgan Hilaire

Esme Long

Total episodes: 6

Caoilfhionn Dunne

Anne Glover

Total episodes: 6

Jemma Carlton

Belle Downer

Total episodes: 6

Nadia Albina

Verity Ross

Total episodes: 6

Tom Davis

Charlie Mitchell

Total episodes: 6

Malachi Kirby

Hezekiah Moscow

Total episodes: 6

Erin Doherty

Mary Carr

Total episodes: 6

James Nelson-Joyce

Edward 'Treacle' Goodson

Total episodes: 6

Jason Tobin

Mr Lao

Total episodes: 6

Darci Shaw

Alice Diamond

Total episodes: 6

Francis Lovehall

Alec Munroe

Total episodes: 6

Hannah Walters

Eliza Moody

Total episodes: 6

Morgan Hilaire

Esme Long

Total episodes: 6

Caoilfhionn Dunne

Anne Glover

Total episodes: 6

Jemma Carlton

Belle Downer

Total episodes: 6

Nadia Albina

Verity Ross

Total episodes: 6

Tom Davis

Charlie Mitchell

Total episodes: 6

Extra

Release Date

February 21, 2025

Last air Date

February 21, 2025

Status

Returning Series

Original Language

English

Networks

Available On

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seasons

Season 1

Aired on: 2025 | 6 Episodes

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.