HE’S best known as the Hollywood A-list actor behind gritty homicide detective Luther – who spent five series hunting down fictional sadistic killers in bloody scenes on BBC One.

Hollywood star Idris Elba has filmed a new documentary series which focuses on the UK knife crime crisis and possible ways to end the needless circle of violence

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 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,