Bare-knuckle boxing, gang culture and shoplifting are all thrown into the melting pot of London street life in the 1880s to create this show.
Based in part on some real-life characters and events from the period, the show’s creators relied on historian Professor David Olusoga to acts as one of the executive producer to ensure authenticity.
Erin Doherty and Stephen Graham star in ‘A Thousand Blows’ (Photo: Robert Viglasky/Disney+)
Set in the perilous world of illegal boxing, A Thousand Blows takes viewers back to the brutal East End of London in the 1880s.
But as Hezekiah finds fame and fortune through fighting, he is also drawn into the orbit of the leader of the infamous all-female gang the Forty Elephants, Mary Carr (Erin Doherty).
The all-female gang the Forty Elephants (Photo: Robert Viglasky/Disney+)Meanwhile, the menacing and self-declared emperor of the East End boxing scene, Sugar Goodson (Stephen Graham), is determined to destroy Hezekiah.
What ensues is a battle of the old world against the new.
Who is in the cast of A Thousand Blows?
Stephen Graham stars as Sugar Goodson (Photo: Disney+)
Graham, 51, is also the executive producer of the show along with his wife Hannah Walters.
Award-winning actor Graham has starred in films such as Gangs of New York, This is England, The Irishman and Boiling Point.
Malachi Kirby
Malachi Kirby plays fighter Hezekiah Moscow (Photo: Robert Viglasky/Disney+)Malachi Kirby plays Hezekiah Moscow, a Jamaican who comes to London and becomes a boxer.
He has also appeared as Wayne Ladlow in EastEnders, as Kunta Kinte in Roots, Michael Garwick in Curfew and Oliver Harris in Devils.
Erin Doherty stars as Mary Carr (Photo: Robert Viglasky/Disney+)
Doherty, 32, rose to fame playing Princess Anne in the third and fourth seasons of Netflix series The Crown.
Francis Lovehall
Francis Lovehall, left, as Alec Munrow (Photo: Robert Viglasky/Disney+)Francis Lovehall plays Alec Munroe, best friend of Hezekiah Moscow.
And he was Laurent in the television series Champion.
The cast of A Thousand Blows also includes:
James Nelson-Joyce as Treacle Goodson (Strike, The Family Pile) Jason Tobin as Mr Lao (Warrior, The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift) Jemma Carlton as Belle Downer (Lockerbie: A Search for Truth, Maxine) Ziggy Heath as Peggy Bettinson (One Life, Greatest Days, Harlots) Morgan Hilaire as Esme Long Darci Shaw as Alice Diamond (The Irregulars, The Bay) Daniel Mays as William Punch Lewis (Moonflower Murders, Franklin, Temple) Will Bagnall as Thomas GoodsonThe Story Works studio, based within the brewery site, was behind the series production.
The towpath along the Thames in the Mortlake area was also used in the filming as was some of the city’s iconic Victorian architecture and cobbled streets.
Filming took place primarily at an old brewery site in south-west London (Photo: Robert Viglasky/Disney+)When is A Thousand Blows on and how many episodes are there?
All six episodes will be available to stream but viewers will need a Disney+ subscription.
This starts from £4.99 a month in the UK, details are here.
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