Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight is set to return with a new period drama centred on the world of illegal boxing. Stephen Graham stars as a Victorian boxer in first look images of A Thousand Blows.
British TV heavyweights Graham and Knight are collaborating on the new series set in 1880s Victorian London – executively produced by Graham and created by Knight.
Graham can be seen as seasoned and dangerous boxer Sugar Goodson, who comes up against Hezekiah Moscow – played by Malachi Kirby – in the first look images.
Hezekiah, from Jamaica, has been thrust into the vibrant and violent East End following the industrial revolution and finds himself drawn into the criminal underbelly of the boxing scene – becoming locked in a rivalry with Graham’s character.
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