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A Thousand Blows
''A Thousand Blows'' is a British historical drama series created by Steven Knight about the Forty Elephants, an all-female crime syndicate clashing with the world of illegal bare-knuckle boxing in 1880s London. The first season premiered on 21 February 2025 on Disney+ internationally and on Hulu in the United States. Premise Set in the East End of London in the 1880s, the series follows the Forty Elephants, an all-female crime syndicate led by Mary Carr, who specialize in shoplifting and confidence tricks, and who clash with Henry "Sugar" Goodson, the self-declared emperor of the East End's illegal bare-knuckle boxing world. Additionally, Hezekiah Moscow, a newly immigrated man from Jamaica with ambitions to become a lion tamer, and his best friend Alec Munroe, fight for survival as they come into contact with both groups. Cast and characters Main * Malachi Kirby as Hezekiah Moscow ** Jair Ellis as young Hezekiah * Erin Doherty as Mary Carr * Francis Lovehall as Alec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Historical Drama
A historical drama (also period drama, period piece or just period) is a dramatic work set in the past, usually used in the context of film and television, which presents history, historical events and characters with varying degrees of fiction such as artistic license, creative dialogue or scenes which compress separate events. The biographical film is a type of historical drama which generally focuses on a single individual or well-defined group. Historical dramas can include romance film, romances, adventure films, and swashbucklers. Historical drama can be differentiated from historical fiction, which generally present fictional characters and events against a backdrop of historical events. A period piece may be set in a vague or general era such as the Middle Ages, or a specific period such as the Roaring Twenties, or the recent past. Scholarship In different eras different subgenres have risen to popularity, such as the westerns and sword and sandal films that dominated Nor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bare-knuckle Boxing
Bare-knuckle boxing (also known as bare-knuckle or bare-knuckle fighting) is a full-contact combat sport based on punching without any form of padding on the hands. The sport as it is known today originated in 17th-century England and, although similar, it differs from street fighting as it follows an accepted set of rules. The rules that provided the foundation for bare-knuckle boxing for much of the 18th and 19th centuries were the London Prize Ring Rules. By the late 19th century, professional boxing moved from bare-knuckle to using boxing gloves. The last major world heavyweight championship held under bare-knuckle boxing rules happened in 1889 and was held by John L. Sullivan. The American '' National Police Gazette'' magazine was recognized as sanctioning the world championship titles. Bare-knuckle boxing has seen a resurgence in the 21st century with English promoters such as Bare Knuckle Boxing (BKB) in Coventry and Ultimate Bare Knuckle Boxing (UBKB) in Warrington ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Mays
Daniel Mays (born 31 March 1978) is an English actor having had television roles in ''EastEnders'' (2000), ''Rehab'' (2005), '' Red Riding'' (2008), '' Ashes to Ashes'' (2010), '' Outcasts'' (2011), '' Mrs Biggs'', ''Line of Duty'', '' Des'' and '' White Lines'' (2020), and film roles in ''Pearl Harbor'' (2001), '' All or Nothing'' (2002), ''Vera Drake'' (2004), '' Shifty'', ''Made in Dagenham'', ''Byzantium'' (2012), and '' Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'' (2016). Mays has been nominated for best supporting actor at both the BIFAs (2008), and the BAFTAs (2017), as well as having extensive experience in theatre. In 2024, he was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his performance in ''Guys and Dolls'' at the Bridge Theatre. Early life Born in Epping, Essex, the third of four boys, Mays was brought up in Buckhurst Hill, Essex, by his electrician father and bank cashier mother. He attended the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts, before g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Davis (actor)
Tom Davis (born 27 April 1979) is an English actor and comedian best known for his role as DI Sleet in the BBC Three comedy '' Murder in Successville'', and as Gary King in the BBC sitcom '' King Gary''. Career Before television, Davis worked as a scaffolder, bouncer and market stall trader. When his friend was working as a runner on '' Bo' Selecta,'' they gave some videos of their own comedy sketches to Leigh Francis, who then invited Davis to appear on the show. He appeared in various comedy roles on TV over the following years. In 2015, he co-created and starred in '' Murder in Successville''. This semi-improvised show, in which a celebrity guest must help DI Sleet solve a fictional crime, became a cult hit. In 2022 an American adaptation of the show, renamed ''Murderville,'' was released by Netflix. In 2016, Davis was named a BAFTA Breakthrough Brit and appeared in the films '' Free Fire'' and '' Prevenge.'' In 2017, he appeared in ''Paddington 2''. In 2018-2021, he c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jemma Carlton
Jemma Carlton is an English actress. She made her screen debut in the titular role of the Channel 5 and Netflix true crime drama '' Maxine'' (2022). She has since appeared in The Cleaner for BBC (2023), as Cathy Swire alongside Colin Firth in the Sky Atlantic series '' Lockerbie: A Search for Truth'' (2025), and Belle Downer in the Disney Plus series A Thousand Blows (2025). Early life Carlton grew up in Stafford. She graduated from Rose Bruford College with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Acting. She was runner up for the 2019 Alan Bates Award, an accolade given to promising graduating actors. Career Stage Her professional stage debut was in ''The Silver Cord'' by Sidney Howard at The Finborough Theatre (2024). Screen She made her screen debut as Maxine Carr in Channel 5 series '' Maxine'' in 2022. In 2023, she appeared in the second series of Greg Davies comedy series ''The Cleaner'' on BBC One. In early 2025, she could be seen appearing alongside Colin Firth in British ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caoilfhionn Dunne
Caoilfhionn Dunne ( or ) is an Irish stage, television, and film actress. On stage, she was nominated for the Evening Standard Theatre Awards for Outstanding Newcomer in 2013. In 2014, she was nominated for best supporting actress in a television series at the 11th Irish Film & Television Awards. Her film roles include '' Saint Maud'' (2019). Early life From Dublin, she was born in Finglas. She attended the Gaiety School of Acting. Career Dunne's first screen role was in ''Little White Lie'', a 2008 romantic comedy for RTÉ Television. Her theatre work included Conor McPherson’s ''The Veil'' at London’s Royal National Theatre. She also appeared in Mike Bartlett’s play Wild, Laurence Boswell's ''Forever Yours Mary Lou'', Lyndsey Turner's ''Fathers and Sons'' at the Donmar Warehouse as well as Conor McPherson’s plays ''The Nest'' which he translated from the German writer Franz Xaver Kroetz and ''The Night Alive'', for which she was nominated for the Evening Standard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alice Diamond
Alice Diamond (22 June 1896 – 1 April 1952) was an English career criminal, linked to organised shoplifting. Early life Diamond was born Alice Elizabeth Black in Lambeth Workhouse Hospital to Thomas Diamond and Mary Ann Alice Black. Her parents had applied for a maternity birth under the name of Black before they married to avoid the stigma of an illegitimate birth. However, as they married shortly before Alice was born, this also avoided the problem. Her father, Thomas Diamond, had at least three criminal convictions, including one for assaulting the son of the Lord Mayor of London at a political meeting by punching his head through a pane of glass in a door, severely injuring him. Alice's mother was born Mary Geary and took the name Black when her parents married. She added Ann and Alice to her name at random times. Alice was the eldest of seven children; a younger sister, Louisa, also joined the Forty Thieves gang of which Alice Diamond had become leader and given the titl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darci Shaw
Darci Louise Shaw (born 17 April 2002) is an English actress. She is popular for playing American entertainer Judy Garland in the biographical drama film Judy. Early life Shaw was born to Peter and Louise Shaw in Liverpool. She grew up in the suburb of Mossley Hill, where she attended The Belvedere Academy. She took Saturday acting classes at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA) from the age of 5 and then joined the Everyman and Playhouse Youth Theatre at the age of 14, participating weekly and appearing in the company's ''Fiddler on the Roof'' and ''Romeo and Juliet'' productions in 2017. Career Shaw made her film debut in 2019, playing young Judy Garland in the award-winning film '' Judy'' alongside Renée Zellweger. ''Rolling Stone'' described Shaw's performance as "truly stellar". Shaw played Holly Meredith in Morecambe-based ITV crime drama '' The Bay'' alongside Morven Christie and Chanel Cresswell. In 2021, Shaw began starring as Jessie in ''The Irregu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telegraph
Telegraphy is the long-distance transmission of messages where the sender uses symbolic codes, known to the recipient, rather than a physical exchange of an object bearing the message. Thus flag semaphore is a method of telegraphy, whereas pigeon post is not. Ancient signalling systems, although sometimes quite extensive and sophisticated as in China, were generally not capable of transmitting arbitrary text messages. Possible messages were fixed and predetermined, so such systems are thus not true telegraphs. The earliest true telegraph put into widespread use was the Chappe telegraph, an optical telegraph invented by Claude Chappe in the late 18th century. The system was used extensively in France, and European nations occupied by France, during the Napoleonic era. The electric telegraph started to replace the optical telegraph in the mid-19th century. It was first taken up in Britain in the form of the Cooke and Wheatstone telegraph, initially used mostly as an aid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lion Taming
Lion taming is the taming and training of lions, either for protection or for use in entertainment, such as the circus. The term often applies to the taming and display of lions and other big cats such as tigers, leopards, jaguars, cheetahs, and cougars. People often use lion taming as a metaphor for any dangerous activity. Lion taming occurs in zoos around the world to enable the keepers to carry out medical procedures and feedings. The Captive Animals Protection Society maintains that animal welfare cannot be guaranteed in circuses. Notable lion tamers :''In chronological order'' * George Wombwell (1777–1850), founder of Wombwell's Traveling Menagerie, raised many animals himself, including the first lion bred in captivity in Britain. * Isaac A. Van Amburgh (1811–1865), American animal trainer who developed the first trained wild animal act in modern times. He was known for acts of daring, such as placing his head inside the jaws of a wild cat,''History Magazine,'" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamaica
Jamaica is an island country in the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies. At , it is the third-largest island—after Cuba and Hispaniola—of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean. Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, west of Hispaniola (the island containing Haiti and the Dominican Republic), and southeast of the Cayman Islands (a British Overseas Territories, British Overseas Territory). With million people, Jamaica is the third most populous English-speaking world, Anglophone country in the Americas and the fourth most populous country in the Caribbean. Kingston, Jamaica, Kingston is the country's capital and largest city. The indigenous Taíno peoples of the island gradually came under Spanish Empire, Spanish rule after the arrival of Christopher Columbus in 1494. Many of the indigenous people either were killed or died of diseases, after which the Spanish brought large numbers of Africans to Jamaica as slaves. The island remained a possession of Spain, under the name Colo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scam
A scam, or a confidence trick, is an attempt to defraud a person or group after first gaining their Trust (emotion), trust. Confidence tricks exploit victims using a combination of the victim's credulity, naivety, compassion, vanity, confidence, Moral responsibility, irresponsibility, and greed. Researchers have defined confidence tricks as "a distinctive species of fraudulent conduct ... intending to further voluntary exchanges that are not mutually beneficial", as they "benefit con operators ('con men') at the expense of their victims (the 'Traveling carnival#Games, marks')". Terminology Other terms for "scam" include confidence trick, con, con game, confidence game, confidence scheme, ripoff, stratagem, finesse, grift, hustle, bunko, bunco, swindle, flimflam, gaffle, and bamboozle. The perpetrator is often referred to as a scammer, confidence man, con man, con artist, wikt:grifter, grifter, hustler, or swindler. The intended victims are known as marks, suckers, stooges, mugs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
