While these grim figures speak for themselves, a new BBC documentary goes beyond the alarming statistics and occasionally ...

Idris Elba confronts the reality of UK knife crime, speaking to those most affected - from the streets to the system - in a ...

For six years he's campaigned to stop kids from killing each other with knives, now the actor is begging the whole country to ...

I really wish celebrities would stay out of matters they know nothing about. Luther actor Idris Elba has waded into the knife ...

Our Knife Crime Crisis on BBC One review: a fearless look at a harrowing subject - 4/5 There are no easy answers here: but ...

Elba continued: "It's also an excuse for people to kind of go, 'Well, I'm not Black, I'm not brown, I don't understand it,' ...

In BBC One’s sobering documentary, the actor meets the King, Prime Minister and victim’s families, each of whom offer few ...

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Luther star speaks ahead of the release of BBC documentary in which actor talks to victims’ families, police officers and ...

The new BBC documentary Idris Elba: Our Knife Crisis garnered high praise from viewers, who applauded the renowned actor for ...

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 ...

It’s no secret that knife crime is rampant in the UK. In fact, an average of four people are stabbed to death every week – ...