'A Thousand Blows' Season 2 Will Include Multiple Real-Life Events
Much like Season 1, A Thousand Blows Season 2 will draw from real-life figures and historical accounts from London in the 1880s. We run down what to expect in the new season.
Steven Knight’s A Thousand Blows didn’t make major waves when Season 1 dropped all at once on Hulu in early 2025 in the U.S. The timing was poor, with multiple high-profile shows arriving in the days before and after. Moreover, though Peaky Blinders has been one of Netflix’s top successes, Hulu’s failure to properly promote the series left it to languish, along with Knight’s other titles that failed to catch on in the U.S., like the MGM+ series Rogue Heroes.
However, the landscape has changed a bit since February 2025. Only a few weeks after A Thousand Blows debuted, Stephen Graham and Erin Doherty became household names for their other major series, Adolescence. For another, the weird American split between Disney's two major streamers – Disney+ and Hulu – is nearly over. Hulu, as a standalone service, has not quite ended, but it has been upgraded to its own vertical within Disney+, with an improved algorithm. (Outside the U.S., Hulu has always been a tile within the Disney+ service, under the name Star.)
Whether or not these factors make a difference for Season 2’s viewership remains to be seen, but the sneak peek and first images for the series promise that those who loved the first season will delight in its return.
