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Trailer: SUSPECT: THE SHOOTING OF JEAN CHARLES DE MENEZES

Disney Plus released the trailer for SUSPECT: THE SHOOTING OF JEAN CHARLES DE MENEZES the four part drama series which premieres on 30 April. Daniel Mays stars as Cliff Todd the Principal Forensic Investigator.

“Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes” focuses on the events surrounding the tragic killing of innocent Brazilian Jean Charles de Menezes (Edison Alcaide), after he is mistaken for a terrorist. Told from multiple perspectives of those involved, it examines how memory – both accurate and distorted – can be turned into fact and shape our understanding of the truth.

The trailer takes us back almost twenty years, as London reels from the devastating suicide bomb attacks of 7 July 2005. Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair (Conleth Hill) launches a large-scale counter terrorism operation to prevent further attacks with Assistant Commissioner Andy Hayman (Max Beesley) leading the investigation into the bombings. Unbeknownst to them, another terrorist cell plots an assault that could equal the devastation of 7/7.

This second set of planned attacks fails, setting off one of the UK’s largest-ever manhunts and sparking a covert surveillance operation led by Commander Cressida Dick (Emily Mortimer). As tension and uncertainty rises across the nation, a series of extraordinary events unfolds, and the actions of the Metropolitan Police leads to a critical misidentification. Jean Charles de Menezes, an innocent young Brazilian electrician on his way to work, is mistaken for a terrorist and fatally shot at Stockwell station. In the wake of these tragic events, Independent Police Complaints Commission secretary Lana Vandenberghe (Laura Aikman) makes a life-changing decision, and Deputy Assistant Commissioner Brian Paddick (Russell Tovey), in a police force engulfed by crisis, fights for the truth to prevail. What follows is a family’s fight for justice and answers, and a long-fought struggle to bring clarity to a situation clouded by disinformation.

“Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes” is produced by Etta Pictures, Jeff Pope’s production label, which is part of ITV Studios, in association with Kwadjo Dajan’s KDJ Productions. The series is executive produced for Disney+ by Lee Mason, Executive Director of Scripted. Jean Charles de Menezes’ parents and other relatives are serving as consultants for the series.

Stream all four episodes of “Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes” on 30 April 2025, exclusively on Disney+ in the UK and Ireland. Hulu announced that this will premiere same day in the US with all episodes available.

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Reviews: A Thousand Blows

The reviews in and A Thousand Blows is a resounding hit for DisneyPlus UK and Hulu!

Variety – Hulu’s Boxing Drama ‘A Thousand Blows’ Is Another Knockout From ‘Peaky Blinders’ Creator

The Times: ★★★★★

IGN: A beefy Victorian boxing drama that slugs its way to the top

Radio Times: ★★★★

NME: ★★★★ ‘A Thousand Blows’ review: knockout drama is more than just Peaky Bruisers

Paste: Steven Knight’s Gritty Victorian Boxing Drama A Thousand Blows Strikes True

RogerEbert.com: Hulu’s Bold “A Thousand Blows” Is the Most Riveting Series of the Year

Screenrant: “…I Genuinely Can’t Get Over How Good This Perfect Replacement Works”

CBR: Peaky Blinders Creator’s New Hulu Drama Is Absolutely Flawless (& It Has 1 of Stephen Graham’s Best Performances)

The Upcoming: ★★★★

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A Thousand Blows – Now on Disney Plus UK & Hulu

A Thousand Blows is now available on Disney Plus UK and Hulu in the US.

Daniel Mays features as William “Punch” Lewis.

Disney+ has today unveiled the official full-length trailer and new artwork for the highly anticipated upcoming Original series, “A Thousand Blows”. The thrilling six-part series is set in the perilous world of illegal boxing in 1880s Victorian London and stars Malachi Kirby, Erin Doherty, and Stephen Graham. “A Thousand Blows” launches on Disney+ in the UK and Ireland, Hulu in the U.S. and select other countries on Disney+ on 21 February 2025.

The action-packed trailer takes viewers back to the brutal East End of London in the 1880s. Hezekiah Moscow (Malachi Kirby) and Alec Munroe (Francis Lovehall), best friends from Jamaica, find themselves thrust into the criminal underbelly of London’s thriving bare-knuckle boxing scene. As Hezekiah finds fortune and fame through the art of pugilism, he attracts the attention of the infamous Queen of the Forty Elephants, Mary Carr (Erin Doherty), who sets about exploiting his talents to further her criminal enterprise. Meanwhile the menacing and self-declared emperor of the East End boxing world, Sugar Goodson (Stephen Graham), determines to destroy Hezekiah whose ambitions to fight in the West End threaten everything he has built. What ensues is a battle of the old world against the new.

The gripping series is brought to life by acclaimed screenwriter Steven Knight, starring and executive produced by Stephen Graham. Steven Knight is the lead writer for the series, with episodes also written by a group of new voices including Ameir Brown, Insook Chappell, Harlan Davies and Yasmin Joseph. The series is directed, and executive produced by Tinge Krishnan and Nick Murphy, alongside Ashley Walters and Coky Giedroyc.

“A Thousand Blows” Season One (6×60’) is created, written and executive produced by Steven Knight. Starring and executive produced by Stephen Graham and Hannah Walters for Matriarch Productions, Damian Keogh and Kate Lewis for The Story Collective, and Tom Miller and Sam Myer for Water & Power Productions. Award-winning broadcaster and historian Professor David Olusoga acts as executive producer on the series with Tom Miller as Series Producer and Barrington Robinson and Jo Johnson as producers. The Original series is executive produced for Disney+ by Lee Mason, Executive Director of Scripted Content.

Series 2 is already completed filming and we will udpate when we have more information that premiere date.
In the meantime, get watching!!

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