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Historical films and TV shows are embracing diversity – but real historical voices are still overlooked

In the Disney+ television series, A Thousand Blows, Malachi Kirby plays Hezekiah Moscow, a Jamaican immigrant in London who is part of an underground boxing ring in the 1880s.

The Conversation

From racist bans to lion-tamer fighters: the wild history of Britain’s unsung Black boxing superstars

A Thousand Blows, the knockout new drama from Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight, puts Victorian-era boxer Hezekiah Moscow in the spotlight. But it doesn’t even begin to do justice to the astonishing real-life history

The Guardian - UK

The Long Wave: How A Thousand Blows recovers the lost history of a lion-taming West Indian boxer

Historian David Olusoga sheds light on Hezekiah Moscow, a mysterious migrant seeking a better life in Victorian London. Plus, my suya obsession

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Peaky Blinders fans hail creator’s ‘superb’ new series as ‘best British show ever’

Fans are already keen to see a second season

The Independent UK

The week in TV: The White Lotus; A Thousand Blows; Escaping Utopia – review

Mike White’s delicious whodunnit returns to put the rich through the grinder in Thailand; Stephen Graham goes the extra round in Steven Knight’s bare-knuckle period drama. Plus, a chilling account of life inside a New Zealand cult

The Guardian - UK

The true story behind A Thousand Blows by the show's historical advisor

Steven Knight’s story of boxing and thievery is rooted in reality

Evening Standard

A Thousand Blows: The remarkable true story of bare-knuckle boxer Hezekiah Moscow and notorious girl gang The 40 Elephants

The new drama combines the real worlds of the Victorian boxing scene and an infamous all-female crime syndicate

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A Thousand Blows review – the irresistible new boxing drama from the Peaky Blinders creator

Steven Knight’s latest series is a hugely fun journey into the murky world of Victorian bare-knuckle fighting. It’s a ripping yarn full of audacious dialogue

The Guardian - UK

‘Fact is more interesting than fiction’: what inspired Steven Knight to make the new Disney+ historical drama A Thousand Blows

The cast of A Thousand Blows reveal the inspiration behind the new Disney+ historical drama series.

TechRadar

Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight ‘BBC loyalist’ despite new Disney+ show

Stephen Graham stars as notorious boxer Sugar Goodson in the upcoming series set in the perilous world of illegal boxing in 1880s London.

Evening Standard

A Thousand Blows on Disney+ review: Erin Doherty shines in an addictively gruesome boxing drama

4/5 This vicious drama about Victorian London’s boxing scene is familiar territory for Peaky Blinders showrunner Steven Knight

Evening Standard

I went to the set of Disney+'s A Thousand Blows series and this epic new drama has revived Victorian East End London

I saw behind-the-scenes of Disney+’s new A Thousand Blows series and now I can't wait to watch this fascinating historical drama.

TechRadar

Stephen Graham on intense A Thousand Blows training: 'The aim was to make me look like a bulldog'

The This Is England star threw himself into an intensive training regime six months before shooting

Evening Standard

Black Mirror star looks unrecognizable in new images for gritty Hulu show A Thousand Blows

Disney releases new artwork for A Thousand Blows, and sets a February 2025 release date.

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Peaky Blinder creator’s new Disney Plus series A Thousand Blows looks like a knockout in first trailer

Disney Plus goes into the murky world of illegal boxing in 1880s Victorian London in A Thousand Blows first trailer.

The Independent UK

Stephen Graham praised by fans for ‘tremendous’ physical transformation in new boxing drama

Actor has bulked up for new boxing-themed period drama, created by ‘Peaky Blinders’ writer Steven Knight

TechRadar

Disney Plus's new crime drama A Thousand Blows looks like it'll fill the Peaky Blinders-shaped hole in my life, and there's one big reason why

Disney Plus is getting its very own Peaky Blinders-like crime drama in 2025, and it's been created by the writer behind the hit Netflix show.

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