Idris Elba speaks with RadioTimes.com and other press about his new knife crime documentary, offering commentary on why so many people are misinformed.

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Idris Elba: 'Knife crime isn’t just a Black problem'

The actor, who has made a BBC documentary, says early intervention would guide kids away from knife crime.

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Zombie knife ban won't solve crisis - but there is hope, says Idris Elba

There were more 50,000 serious knife crime offences recorded in England in the year ending June 2024

The Independent

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Idris Elba proposes removing kitchen knife points to curb stabbing deaths

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

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Idris Elba on ending knife crime: 'We need to be screaming it now.'

Idris Elba: A Year Of Knife Crime is due to be released on BBC One and iPlayer in early 2025.

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Idris Elba says young people in British gangs are ‘not big and scary’

Idris Elba believes domestic kitchen knives should be made safer to tackle the knife crime crisis and talks about the issue in a new BBC documentary

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Idris Elba's passionate fight against knife crime and net worth

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, and is now fronting a documentary exploring the issue.In 2019, he filmed a video urging people to put down knives, which he revisited in the upcoming programme."No issue is permanent, there's got to be a way out of it,…

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Idris Elba 'overwhelmed and angry' about UK knife crime crisis in new BBC documentary: 'Constant'

Idris Elba has campaigned to combat knife violence across the country

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BBC viewers praise Idris Elba's 'horrifying' documentary as it's 'much needed'

Idris Elba’s documentary: Our Knife Crime Crisis, airs tonight on BBC One. The actor and anti-knife crime activist says while the ban on zombie knives implemented last September was "a massive step in the right direction", the country is still in a crisis.

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‘There is hope’ Idris Elba talks on new documentary as London knife crime increases 300+%

Actor Idris Elba believes banning zombie knives is a step forward, but it won’t solve the UK’s knife crime crisis. In his BBC documentary, Idris Elba: Our Knife Crime Crisis, he explores the issue and highlights the need for early intervention to protect young people from violence.Elba argues that schools must step in earlier to prevent children from turning to crime. He also suggests that kitchen knives could be redesigned to be less dangerous.…

Idris Elba: 'Knife crime isn’t just a Black problem'

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