A Thousand Blows is a British television drama series created by Steven Knight about the Forty Elephants, an all-female crime syndicate clashing with the world of illegal bare-knuckle boxing in 1880s London. The first series premiered on 21 February 2025 on Disney+ internationally and on Hulu in the United States. In February 2025, ahead of …

2 days ago · In “A Thousand Blows,” premiering Friday on Hulu, “Peaky Blinders” creator Steven Knight has taken these two elements and mashed them together like a breath mint and a candy mint.

3 days ago · A Thousand Blows sees Peaky Blinders writer Steven Knight make his next period TV show, this time starring British actor Stephen Graham as a dangerous underworld boxer, alongside Erin Doherty and Malachi Kirby.

1 day ago · A Thousand Blows explores the underbelly of London's East-End boxing ring. Much like Peaky Blinders' historical setting, Knight's newest series also captures the London of the 1880s, with all its Victorian Era charm.. The show follows two best friends, Hezekiah Moscow and Alec Munroe, who migrate from Jamaica to the East End of London and become entangled with The Forty Elephants Group and a ...

1 day ago · “A Thousand Blows” is masterful, delving into the fabric and texture of the late 1800s. In just six hourlong episodes, Knight’s tale contends with racism, sexism, greed and revenge, which ...

2 days ago · And this is the central preoccupation of the show’s creator Steven Knight ... Still, A Thousand Blows promises to be a big hit for Disney+ and, after Shōgun, offers further evidence that the ...

2 days ago · A Thousand Blows was always going to be compared to Peaky Blinders. The gritty new historical drama from that show’s creator, Steven Knight, follows a familiar pattern of dramatizing real people ...

3 days ago · A Thousand Blows is at its best when Knight and the series directors are feeling their way around the show’s world, realized in grimy detail by production designer Tom Burton, costume designer ...

Feb 14, 2025 · A Thousand Blows — Steven Knight on his Victorian bare-knuckle fighting series. The ‘Peaky Blinders’ creator talks about class and moving on from Dickens. Erin Doherty plays Mary Carr, the ...

Oct 12, 2024 · Steven Knight, the man behind shows like Peaky Blinders and Taboo is teaming up with actor Stephen Graham for a new Victorian-era boxing show, A Thousand Blows. This Disney Plus and Hulu show is set in Victorian London of the 1880s and focuses on Graham’s character, a dangerous underworld boxer.