A Thousand Blows
Created by Steven Knight
On Disney+
A gritty Victorian crime drama following two Jamaican immigrants navigating the violent criminal networks of London's East End, balancing period atmosphere with contemporary storytelling about displacement and survival.
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.
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