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In the Long Run: Created by Idris Elba. With Jimmy Akingbola, Madeline Appiah, Bill Bailey, Idris Elba. The Easmon family living in London in 1985 sees their quiet life disrupted when their relative from Sierra Leone moves in.
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Release. 29 March 2018 (2018-03-29) – 27 August 2020 (2020-08-27) In the Long Run is a British comedy-drama television series created by Idris Elba which premiered on Sky One on 29 March 2018. Loosely based on Elba’s childhood, the show is set in the 1980s on the gritty, fictitious Eastbridge Estate in East London.
In the Long Run. 2018 | Maturity rating: 12 | Comedy. Walter Easmon navigates changes when his rambunctious little brother arrives from Sierra Leone and upends his family and friends' lives in 1980s London. Starring: Jimmy Akingbola, Madeline Appiah, Idris Elba. Creators: Idris Elba.
6 days ago · Set in 1980s London, this comedy series follows the Easmon family, which has settled in England after having arrived from Sierra Leone a decade earlier. The Easmons’ son, Akuna, hangs out in the housing project where the family lives, playing soccer and dodging the local thugs. The family’s life is turned upside down when Walter’s brother ...
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Feb 9, 2021 · With “In the Long Run,” Idris Elba wanted to turn his parents’ “hardships and integration into the U.K. into stories that were lighthearted,” he said. Joyce Kim for The New York Times ...
Parents say Not yet rated Rate TV show. Kids say (1 ): Like many British comedies, this immigrant story is a low-key charmer. It doesn't jump out as being particularly funny, but it tells an important story and develops characters that are worth caring about. And those characters are types that don't typically get seen on television; they're ...
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