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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Character
Earnest, classical in form, grave and bleak.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- warmbleak
- character-ledplot-driven
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Cast
- Malachi KirbyHezekiah Moscow
- Erin DohertyMary Carr
- Stephen GrahamHenry 'Sugar' Goodson
- Caoilfhionn DunneAnne Glover
- Morgan HilaireEsme Long
- Jemma CarltonBelle Downer
- James Nelson-JoyceEdward 'Treacle' Goodson
- Hannah WaltersEliza Moody
- Darci ShawAlice Diamond
- Nadia AlbinaVerity Ross
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- Steven KnightCreator
- Stephen HarenProducer
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Seasons
- Season 16 eps · 2025
- Season 26 eps · 2026
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