DATE ANNOUNCEMENT: HULU ORIGINAL SERIES “A THOUSAND BLOWS”

Full Season 1 premieres on February 21, 2025

Three lives collide in a defiant fight for survival.

Set in the dangerous world of illegal boxing in 1880s Victorian London, A Thousand Blows from Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight is based on under-explored real-life characters with incredible stories.

The six-episode first season will premiere on Friday, February 21, 2025, on Hulu in the US and on Disney+ internationally.

“A thousand strokes”

Synopsis: Inspired by the true life stories of a group of characters struggling to survive in the brutal East End of London in the 1880s. Hezekiah Moscow and Alec Munroe, best friends on the run from Jamaica, get caught up in the criminal underworld of London’s thriving bare-knuckle boxing scene. As Hezekiah gains wealth and fame through the art of fistfighting, he attracts the attention of the infamous Queen of Forty Elephants, Mary Carr, who sets out to exploit his talents to further her criminal enterprise. Meanwhile, in the East End, the menacing and self-proclaimed emperor of the boxing world, Sugar Goodson, decides to destroy Hezekiah, whose ambitions to fight in the West End threaten everything he has built. What follows is a battle of the old world against the new.

Credits: The first season of “A Thousand Blows” was created, written and produced by Steven Knight. Cast and Executive Producers: Stephen Graham and Hannah Walters for Matriarch Productions, Damian Keogh and Kate Lewis for The Story Collective and Tom Miller and Sam Myer for Water & Power Productions. Award-winning broadcaster and historian Professor David Olusoga serves as executive producer of the series, with Tom Miller as series producer and Barrington Robinson and Jo Johnson as producers. The original series is executive produced by Lee Mason, Director of Scripted Content, for Disney+ EMEA.

Cast: Malachi Kirby, Erin Doherty, Stephen Graham, Francis Lovehall, Jason Tobin, James Nelson-Joyce, Hannah Walters, Darci Shaw, Nadia Albina, Morgan Hilaire, Jemma Carlton, Caoilfhionn Dunne, Susan Lynch, Daniel Mays, Adam Nagaitis, Gary Lewis, Tom Davis and Robert Glenister.