They're the Forty Elephants, a real gang led by the charismatic Mary Carr (Erin Doherty), who pilfer the prized possessions ...

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Stephen Graham discusses A Thousand Blows, how his wife got Steven Knight to write the series, playing a boxer, and working ...

A Thousand Blows loosely adapted the stories of its characters based on historical figures, but history could inspire a few ...

There are moments in this story of pickpocketing and bare-knuckle boxing in the down and dirty East End of late-1800s London ...

The Forty Elephants are one of the most interesting parts of A Thousand Blows, and they're surprisingly faithful to the real ...

Disney+ series A Thousand Blows brings to life real-life characters that walked the dirty East End streets more than 100 ...

A Thousand Blows adds some narrative wrinkles to the story, but the Victorian-set boxing drama pulls direct inspiration from ...