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WHILE ACTOR AND EXECUTIVE PRODUCER STEPHEN GRAHAM IS IN THE GYM PREPARING FOR HIS ROLE IN PERIOD BOXING DRAMA A THOUSAND BLOWS, it’s Krishnan who will be behind the camera as lead director on the Disney+ series. Created and written by Steven Knight ( Peaky Blinders ), the show is set in 1880s Victorian London, where best friends Hezekiah and Alec from Jamaica fi nd themselves thrust into the vibrant and violent melting pot of the city’s post-industrial revolution East End. Drawn into the criminal underbelly of the thriving boxing scene, Hezekiah meets Mary Carr, leader of The Forty Elephants – the notorious all-female London gang – as they battle for survival on the streets, while he also becomes locked in an intense rivalry with Sugar Goodson (Graham), a seasoned and dangerous boxer, which spills out way beyond the ring. Krishnan comes to the series on the back of episodes of WeCrashed , Temple , The Mosquito Coast , Industry and The Feed

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DANISH FILMMAKER JOHANSEN HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN MAKING SOME OF DENMARK’S BIGGEST TELEVISION EXPORTS OF RECENT YEARS, from Borgen and comedy Bedrag (Follow the ) and period show Sygeplejeskolen ). He is now shooting Oxen, an adaptation of the book series of the same name by Jens Henrik Hensen. It tells the story of war veteran Niels Oxen (Jacob Lohmann), a former special forces soldier who must conquer his inner demons when he is framed for a series

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