New “It’s the best shape I’ve ever been in!”

Stephen Graham, Erin Doherty and Malachi Kirby star in a gritty new drama set in 1880s London…

WORDS: LYNN GIBSON

A Thousand Blows Friday Disney+ This highly anticipated new six-part drama – created by Steven Knight – is set in the highly dangerous world of illegal boxing in Victorian London. After Hezekiah Moscow (Malachi Kirby) arrives in the East End from Jamaica, he finds himself thrust into the bare-knuckle boxing scene. As he attracts the attention of Mary Carr (Erin Doherty), the queen of all-female crime gang Forty Elephants, the king of East End boxing Henry ‘Sugar’ Goodson (Stephen Graham) is determined to destroy him. Here, they share more… Hi, all! Tell us who you play… Stephen Sugar runs the Blue Coat Boy pub, which houses the last remaining bare-knuckle boxing ring. He’s overcome adversity to carve out his world in the East End – and he doesn’t want to…

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Inside Soap UK (Digital) - 1 Issue, 07-2025

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