“It's a real indication of how much we have failed young people,” he says at one point, amid stories about 16 year-old Harry ...

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

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In the documentary, called Idris Elba: Our Knife Crime Crisis, the Hollywood star meets a 17-year-old boy at Feltham young ...

What did you miss? TV viewers have said Idris Elba’s documentary on knife crime was a "hard watch" but "compelling" viewing.

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 ...

One fan commented: "Massive respect to Idris Elba for making this documentary highlighting different aspects on this issue." ...

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.