A Thousand Blows: Stephen Graham on his new boxing drama series 

Stephen Graham and Malachi Kirby tell Esther McCarthy about their tale of London's boxing underworld, written by the man who created Peaky Blinders

Stephen Graham both stars in and produces A Thousand Blows. Picture: Joseph Sinclair

When it came to landing a giant of a storyteller for his latest series, actor Stephen Graham was glad of the inspired prediction made by his wife.

Graham and Hannah Walters - who is also an actor - had set up Matriarch Productions with the goal of providing a platform for underrepresented voices and stories.