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Check out Idris Elba as a 1980s dad in the TV comedy inspired by his London childhood

Posted by Norman Weiss
Monday 2/26/18 at 6:26AM EST
  • Variety

    The Wire and Luther vet plays a character inspired by his father on Sky TV's In the Long Run, which he created.

    TOPICS: Idris Elba, Sky, In the Long Run, Brit TV


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