Idris Elba's Knife Crime documentary hailed

Idris Elba's knife crime documentary hailed as 'powerful' viewing
What did you miss? 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.
Idris Elba: Our Knife Crime Crisis TV review — BBC doc examines youth violence in the UK
While these grim figures speak for themselves, a new BBC documentary goes beyond the alarming statistics and occasionally alarmist media coverage to tell the broader story of knife culture in the UK. Short yet wide-ranging, it seeks to ground these tragedies in a deeper understanding of the social contexts that cultivate violence.
Idris Elba 'overwhelmed and angry' about UK knife crime crisis in new BBC documentary: 'Constant'
Idris Elba has shared how he is "overwhelmed and angry" over UK knife crime as he reflected in a his new BBC documentary about a passionate plea he made in 2019. The actor, 52, has been talking about the worrying subject for years,
Idris Elba suggests removal of kitchen knife points to tackle stabbing crimes
British actor Idris Elba suggested that the points on some kitchen knives should be altered to help reduce stabbing crimes.
BBC viewers say same thing as Idris Elba's 'horrifying' knife crime documentary airs
Viewers who tuned into the BBC documentary Idris Elba: Our Knife Crisis had nothing but praise for the Hollywood actor as they commended his efforts for fronting the show. The 52-year-old Hackney native has been campaigning heavily as he continues his passionate fight against knife crime in the UK.
Idris Elba: Our Knife Crime Crisis, review: there’s no end in sight for this devastating epidemic
In BBC One’s sobering documentary, the actor meets the King, Prime Minister and victim’s families, each of whom offer few genuine solutions
Idris Elba: Our Knife Crime Crisis is full of horrific stories. But can it actually help?
The Luther star has spent several years as a campaigner against knife crime and pushing for greater regulation on the sale of machetes and zombie knives, and Our Knife Crime Crisis finds the actor attempting to humanise the journey,
Idris Elba 'overwhelmed and angry' as he makes emotional plea in BBC crime documentary
Idris Elba has opened up about feeling 'overwhelmed and angry' while posting a passionate video about knife crime in 2019 in his BBC documentary Idris Elba: Our Knife Crime Crisis
Idris Elba: 'Knife crime isn’t just a Black problem'
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,' and it's not true, either. So not only is it dangerous misinformation, but it's also not true.
Idris Elba proposes dulling kitchen knives to curb stabbing deaths
The BBC film sees Elba meet prime minister Sir Keir Starmer, who said that his party would commit to halving knife crime if elected, and the King, where the pair discussed solutions to the problem with some of the young people most affected by youth violence.
Zombie knife ban won't solve crisis - but there is hope, says Idris Elba
Banning the sale of zombie knives is a positive step, but schools need to intervene earlier to help tackle the UK's knife crime crisis, says Idris Elba. The actor, 52, has spent the last year making a documentary for the BBC about solutions to knife crime,
Knife crime at record highs across multiple regions
Offences rise faster in rural areas as county line gangs exporting drugs from the cities spark turf wars ...
Idris Elba on stabbing crisis: 'Not all kitchen knives need a point on them'
In the documentary, called Idris Elba: Our Knife Crime Crisis, the Hollywood star meets a 17-year-old boy at Feltham young ...