How many episodes are in A Thousand Blows?

A Thousand Blows has 6 episodes in this listed season.

When does A Thousand Blows premiere?

A Thousand Blows premieres on 2026-01-09.

Is A Thousand Blows a new series?

A Thousand Blows is a returning series (Season 2).

A Thousand Blows(2025)

Also known as Roads to Freedom

Archived · Disney+

16+6 eps

S02

DramaHistory

ON AIR: JAN 9Season 2Archived listing

What to Expect

PremiereLens read

Bare-knuckle fights are bloody, punishing business in A Thousand Blows, with money and glory tied to the damage a man can take in the ring. Beyond the bouts, crowded, filthy streets give the East End crime drama a loud, abrasive texture. Rivalries and street hustling drive a hard-paced story in which ambition carries a physical cost, and triumph comes with heartbreak.

Hezekiah and Alec’s loyalty gives the criminal dealings a more personal pressure: the pursuit of success has to coexist with responsibility to a friend. Mary Carr commands the all-female Forty Elephants, while Sugar Goodson combines a boxer’s brutality with a kingpin’s power. Their influence extends beyond the ring, shaping the deals and threats that make survival a matter of desperate choices.

Best for

brutal boxing drama, gritty crime drama and Drama

Story lane

Drama and History

Commitment

Season 2 · 6 episodes

Where

Disney+

Official Premise

Hezekiah and Alec, two friends from Jamaica, finds themselves thrust into the criminal underbelly of London's East End. Here they meet Mary Carr, Queen of an all-female criminal gang known as the Forty Elephants, and run afoul of Sugar Goodson, criminal kingpin and notorious boxer.

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Strongest Match

A Thousand Blows and Gangs of London both make London’s criminal rivalries feel dangerous up close, with sudden violence and loyalties that can turn in a moment. The first brings that danger to crowded Victorian streets and bare-knuckle bouts; the second is darker and faster, with brutal modern gang fights and shifting alliances.

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Why this pick

The bruising boxing and fierce loyalty between friends in A Thousand Blows carry over to Bloodhounds, where close-quarters fights make every punch feel costly. Both keep the action moving through danger and rough humor, but Bloodhounds is warmer, with two young boxers’ friendship at the heart of its battles against bullies.

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Why this pick

A Thousand Blows and The Forsytes both use richly detailed period settings to show how money and ambition can trap people in painful relationships. The first is all crowded streets, boxing and criminal rivalries; The Forsytes trades that physical danger for tense family gatherings, possessive love and a slower, colder kind of conflict.

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