Malachi Kirby Goes Up Against Stephen Graham in the Ring With ‘A Thousand Blows’ Teaser
Malachi Kirby falls deeper into the world of illegal boxing in 1880s Victorian London in a teaser trailer for Hulu’s upcoming series A Thousand Blows from Peaky Blinders creator Steve Knight.
Ahead of the show’s world premiere at the BFI London Film Festival on Friday, the trailer was released and showed Kirby (Anansi Boys, Small Axe) up against veteran actor Stephen Graham (Peaky Blinders, Blitz).
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Kirby plays Hezekiah Moscow, a Jamaican man who finds himself thrust into the violent melting pot of post-industrial revolution London. Drawn into the criminal underbelly of the East End’s boxing scene, he meets Mary Carr (played by Erin Doherty of The Crown), leader of The Forty Elephants — the notorious all-female London gang. Hezekiah comes up against Sugar Goodson (Graham), a seasoned and dangerous boxer and the two are soon locked in an intense rivalry that spills out way beyond the ring.
Season one of A Thousand Blows is coming to Disney+ in the U.K. and Ireland, Hulu in the U.S. and select other countries on Disney+ in 2025.
Knight is the lead writer for the series, with episodes also written by a group of new voices including Ameir Brown, Insook Chappell, Harlan Davies and Yasmin Joseph. The series is directed, and executive produced by Tinge Krishnan and Nick Murphy, alongside Ashley Walters and Coky Giedroyc.
The series is executive produced by start 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. David Olusoga acts as executive producer, with Tom Miller as series producer and Barrington Robinson and Jo Johnson as producers. The show is executive produced for Disney+ by Lee Mason, director of scripted content.
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