A first-look trailer for A Thousand Blows starring Steven Graham has been released.
The six-part drama series, penned by Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight, is set in Victorian London and explores the dangerous world of illegal boxing.
In the new teaser trailer, viewers are introduced to Graham's character Sugar Goodson, a seasoned and deadly boxer who finds himself in the ring with a new opponent Hezekiah Moscow (played by Small Axe's Malachi Kirby).
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"No one gets to take from me and live. No one," Sugar growls in the trailer, as he enters the rowdy boxing arena ready to take on Hezekiah.
Punches are thrown and blood shed, in what sets the stage for a new rivalry of which the show is centred on.
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A newbie to London, Hezekiah meets Mary Carr (The Crown's Erin Doherty), leader of a notorious all-female London gang called The Forty Elephants, who appears to offer help and support to the new boxing talent.
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"You are in London, the city makes only one promise, that it will kill you the first chance it gets," she tells him.
While Mary is first teased as a confidant to Hezekiah, a later clip suggests a possible romance between the two, with them coming close to kissing.
The trailer concludes with Hezekiah declaring: "I have tasted death, life is much sweeter."
Other notable cast members include Boiling Point's Hannah Walters and Time actor James Nelson-Joyce, plus Francis Lovehall and Jason Tobin.
Two seasons of the show have been filmed, with A Thousand Blows season one scheduled to arrive on Disney+ in 2025.
Just this week, Graham confirmed that he would be working again with Knight on the upcoming Peaky Blinders movie, reprising his role as Hayden Stagg from season six. The movie is scheduled to be released on Netflix next year.
A Thousand Blows will stream on Disney+ in 2025.
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