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.
Crew
Steven Knight
Seasons
Season 1
6 Episodes
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.
Season 2
6 Episodes
2026
One year later, Hezekiah's a shadow of the man he once was whilst Sugar Goodson is estranged from his family and drinking himself to death. Just as Wapping is about to sigh its last breath, Mary Carr bursts back into town with her loyal second, Alice Diamond, to reassemble her gang and reclaim her crown. As always, Mary has a plan; one which will involve all those she holds dearest. And this time it's riskier than ever.
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Cast
Malachi Kirby
Hezekiah Moscow
Erin Doherty
Mary Carr
Stephen Graham
Henry 'Sugar' Goodson
Caoilfhionn Dunne
Anne Glover
Morgan Hilaire
Esme Long
Jemma Carlton
Belle Downer
James Nelson-Joyce
Edward 'Treacle' Goodson
Hannah Walters
Eliza Moody
Darci Shaw
Alice Diamond
Nadia Albina
Verity Ross
Jason Tobin
Mr Lao
Daniel Mays
William 'Punch' Lewis