TV show

A Thousand Blows

Name: A Thousand Blows
Genre: Drama
Released: 2025-02-21
Duration: 41 min
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Malachi Kirby, Erin Doherty, Stephen Graham, Caoilfhionn Dunne, Morgan Hilaire

16 2025 41 min / per episode 2 seasons · 12 episodes

Drama

67%

Audience score123 votes on TMDB

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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.

Creator: Steven Knight
Status: Ended
First air date: 21/02/2025
Original language: English

Main 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

Gary Lewis Jack Mac

Ned Dennehy Bull Jeremy

Catherine McCormack Sophie Lyons

Seasons and episodes

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 explo

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 las

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