Something wicked this way comes from Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight. A Thousand Blows tells epic tales based on real & larger-than-life characters who prowled the streets of 1880s Victorian London, back when boxing was illegal and criminals ruled the East End. The six-episode first season debuts on Hulu in the US and Disney+ internationally on February 21, 2025—and the teaser is going to pull you right into the ring.
From Hulu: “Hezekiah (Malachi Kirby) and Alec (Francis Lovehall), two friends from Jamaica, find themselves thrust into the criminal underbelly of London’s East End. It’s there they meet Mary Carr (Erin Doherty), Queen of an all-female criminal gang known as The Forty Elephants, and run afoul of Sugar Goodson (Stephen Graham), criminal kingpin and notorious boxer. What ensues is a battle of the old world against the new.”
