Steven Knight’s boxing drama is anything but subtle

A Thousand Blows adds some narrative wrinkles to the story, but the Victorian-set boxing drama pulls direct inspiration from ...
A combination of twisting streets, bad sanitation and the city’s poorest residents made for a potent stew – and was the home of the city’s spectacularly violent boxing scene.It’s also this world that ...
At 65, Knight has every reason to feel confident. The second series of his Second World War drama SAS Rogue Heroes was a ...
Stephen Graham discusses A Thousand Blows, how his wife got Steven Knight to write the series, playing a boxer, and working ...
Knight has shared he’s fascinated by the Forty Elephants, the all-female gang that features at the heart of A Thousand Blows.
They're the Forty Elephants, a real gang led by the charismatic Mary Carr (Erin Doherty), who pilfer the prized possessions ...