A Thousand Blows

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.

Drama

A Thousand Blows

Drama

Created By: Steven Knight
First Aired on: Feb 21, 2025
Popularity: 9.14: 54 votes
Networks
Production: The Story Collective (GB)Matriarch Productions (GB)Water & Power Productions (GB)The Walt Disney Company EMEA (GB)Nebulastar (GB)
Status: Returning Series: In Production

Seasons & episodes

Total 1 seasons, 6 episodes

Season 1

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.

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6 Episodes

Episode 1Episode 155 min
Hezekiah and Alec arrive in London to make their fortunes and meet the alluring criminal, Mary Carr.
Episode 2Episode 248 min
Hezekiah and Sugar's rivalry takes root, as Mary steps up her heist plans.
Episode 3Episode 355 min
A bombing shakes up Wapping, disturbing Hezekiah and threatening Mary and Sugar's plans.
Episode 4Episode 451 min
It's the night of Mary Carr's heist and all the pieces are in place, including Hezekiah and Lao.
Episode 5Episode 554 min
As Hezekiah rises in the boxing world, Mary suffers from the fallout of Lao's actions at the heist.