A Thousand Blows is ready to transport Disney+ subscribers to the dangerous streets of 1880s Victorian London.

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

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Steven Knight is the mastermind behind hit TV dramas such as Peaky Blinders and now he's adding A Thousand Blows on Disney+ to his never-ending list of creations.

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A Thousand Blows is the latest major hit to land on Disney+ with Stephen Graham at the forefront of the drama as veteran boxer Suger Goodson.

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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 dialogueSome will come for the boxing. The Peaky Blinders creator, Steven Knight, has set his latest endeavour in the East End of London and the shadowy underworld of late‑Victorian bare-knuckle fighting. The new series is called A Thousand Blows, and this is an understatement. Some will stay away because of the boxing. This would be a mistake, because it is about so much more. It is about all kinds of violence – that perpetrated against children by those supposed to protect them, against the increasingly poor by the increasingly rich, against women by men, against the colonised by colonisers – and what happens when you throw people together in the melting pot of a rapidly industrialising city where only the fittest can survive.There is a lot going on – narratively, thematically and cartilage crunchingly – in Knight’s historically ...

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Peaky Blinders creator Stephen Knight has a new show coming to Disney Plus 🥊

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Disney+’s new period drama starring Stephen Graham looks like an absolute must-watch

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The latest creation from Steven Knight tells the story of the illegal and brutal boxing scene in Victorian Britain. Stars Stephen Graham, Malachi Kirby and Erin Doherty talk thievery, brawling and broccoliStephen Graham is red-faced and fidgeting in a London hotel alongside Malachi Kirby and Erin Doherty, his co-stars in A Thousand Blows. I explained how my partner had initially dismissed the gritty period drama on account of all the brutal boxing bouts. But after seeing a glimpse of an extremely hench, shirtless and sweating Graham, she decided that she probably would be able to join me in watching after all.“I don’t know what to say,” says Graham, as Kirby and Doherty tease him. “If that’s what it takes to get bums on seats, I’ll go with it.” Continue reading...

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Disney+ has unveiled a new drama to its streaming platform that will have viewers hooked from the off, with A Thousand Blows proving to be the new Peaky Blinders.

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A Thousand Blows, the new Disney+ hit from the creator of Peaky Blinders, has yet to drop on the streaming service but a second season has already been confirmed.

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

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