Luther star Elba, 52, has called for a ban on kitchen knives with a pointed end, in a bid to tackle knife crime.

who is also fronting a new BBC show called Idris Elba: Our Knife Crime Crisis, has been a vocal advocate for the banning of zombie knives as well as calling for more to be done to tackle the knife ...

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helmed by acclaimed actor and anti-knife crime activist Idris Elba. In January 2024, Elba launched a campaign calling for an immediate ban on machetes and zombie knives, and he also met with Sir ...

Idris Elba has spoken out about a way to try and tackle the UK’s knife crime crisis. The star has made a documentary for the BBC – Idris Elba: Our Knife Crime Crisis – for which he met ...

But Idris Elba, in his crusading documentary Our Knife Crime Crisis, spent an hour blaming everything except drugs for the epidemic of violence. Drugs didn't get a mention, not once. You might say ...

We don’t need a documentary like Idris Elba: Our Knife Crime Crisis (BBC One) to tell us that terrible things are happening. Last week, we heard unbearable details of the Southport killer’s ...

TV viewers have said Idris Elba’s documentary on knife crime was a "hard watch" but "compelling" viewing. The Wire star spent the last year filming BBC programme Our Knife Crime Crisis. He met young ...

TV viewers have said Idris Elba’s documentary on knife crime was a "hard watch" but "compelling" viewing. The Wire star spent the last year filming BBC programme Our Knife Crime Crisis.

TV viewers have said Idris Elba’s documentary on knife crime was a “hard watch” but “compelling" viewing. The Wire star spent the last year filming BBC programme Our Knife Crime Crisis. He met young ...