Graham participated as the famous boxer sugar Gudson in a thousand strokes that were placed in the dangerous world of the illegal boxing in the 1880s Victorian London.
The drama follows two friends from Jamaica, Ezekia Moscow and Alec Munro, who find themselves put into the criminal hip on the boxing scene in London’s boxing.
It is here Hezakia, played by the actor of small ax Malachi Kirby, meets with Mary Carrie, the queen of an entirely female criminal gang, known as forty elephants played by crown star Erin Doherty, who hopes to use her talent to improve Her enterprise.
Hezekia is also fond of sugar, the amateur king of the Boxing World in East End, as his ambitions to fight in West End threatens everything that sugar has built.
But the new series is based on a true story? Here’s what we know.
Is a thousand strokes based on a true story?
Disney+ confirmed that the series was based on “True Stories of Life” of People in London in the 1880s.
In its summary of the series, the stream giant explained: “This series is inspired by the true life stories of a group of heroes fighting for survival in the brutal eastern end of London in the 1880s.”
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How to watch a thousand strokes
If you have not yet started watching the new series, you may be wondering how you can watch all the actions unfold.
The first series of a thousand strokes is already available for watching Disney+, and the second series has been confirmed that it has completed production.