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A Thousand Blows

6.8
2 seasons
12 episodes
Returning Series
Drama

Plot Summary

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.

First Aired:February 21, 2025
Last Aired:February 21, 2025
Episode Runtime:Unknown
Networks:
Disney+
Created By:
Steven Knight

Cast & Characters

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Seasons (2)

Season 1
5.7

Season 1

6 episodes

Aired: 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

Season 2

6 episodes

Aired: 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.

Production

The Story Collective

Matriarch Productions

Water & Power Productions

The Walt Disney Company EMEA

Nebulastar