Idris Elba: Our Knife Crime Crisis on BBC 1 review

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,
Idris Elba: Our Knife Crime Crisis on BBC One review: a fearless look at a harrowing subject
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 tackles the issue with thoughtfulness and grace
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: 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 reveals acting saved him from joining gangs and selling drugs as he slams knife crime crisis in new BBC doc
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.
Idris Elba's knife crime documentary hailed as 'powerful' viewing
Fans said it was “powerful” viewing after it aired on Wednesday, 29 January, with many praising Elba for raising awareness. At the start of the documentary, Elba — who has been outspoken about knife crime — told viewers it was a "heartbreaking problem".
Actor Idris Elba suggests kitchen knives be blunted, others banned to prevent stabbings in UK
According to The Telegraph, “A ban on the sale of pointed kitchen knives has been backed by the Church of England, judges, top trauma doctors and psychiatrists, the police and victims as they argue that it would make life-threatening injuries far less likely.”
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: '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.
'This is a crisis, we need to be screaming it now' - Idris Elba on his battle to end knife crime
For six years he's campaigned to stop kids from killing each other with knives, now the actor is begging the whole country to ...
Idris Elba suggests removing kitchen knife points to combat violent crime
Idris Elba has suggested that more could be done to make kitchen knives safer in order to reduce crime rates across the UK.