A Thousand Blows
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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Stephen Graham's Intense Training and the Real Story Behind A Thousand Blows | BAFTA
Meet the Forty Elephants
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Seasons
In season 1, as Hezekiah finds fortune and fame through the art of pugilism, he attracts the attention of the infamous Queen of the Forty Elephants, Mary Carr, who sets about exploiting his talents to further her criminal enterprise. Meanwhile the menacing and self-declared emperor of the East End boxing world, Sugar Goodson, determines to destroy Hezekiah whose ambitions to fight in the West End threatens everything he has built. What ensues is a battle of the old world against the new.
Cast
Malachi Kirby
Hezekiah Moscow
Erin Doherty
Mary Carr
James Nelson-Joyce
Edward 'Treacle' Goodson
Jason Tobin
Mr Lao
Darci Shaw
Alice Diamond
Hannah Walters
Eliza Moody
Morgan Hilaire
Esme Long
Caoilfhionn Dunne
Anne Glover
Jemma Carlton
Belle Downer
Nadia Albina
Verity Ross
Gary Lewis
Jack Mac
Daniel Mays
William 'Punch' Lewis
Stephen Graham
Henry 'Sugar' Goodson
Ned Dennehy
Bull Jeremy
Catherine McCormack
Sophie Lyons
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