COMEDY

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Sky 1, 10pm Idris Elba: Luther’s leading man, star of The Wire and the actor who sends women swooning wherever he goes. He’s also a DJ (Big Driis), has directed a film, and now he has created his own TV series – loosely based on his own life. Is there anything he can’t do?

A comedy about family, community and what home really means, this takes us back to 1985, amid the tower blocks of East London.

“I play Walter Easmon, who is based Netflix

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on my dad,” explains Idris. “He’s an immigrant who comes from Sierra Leone with his wife and sets up shop in London.”

Walter and his wife Agnes (Madeline Appiah) have a quiet routine with their son Kobna, with Walter working hard alongside his friend and neighbour Bagpipes (Bill Bailey) at a nearby factory.

But everything changes when Walter’s exuberant younger brother Valentine (Jimmy Akingbola) arrives from Sierra Leone to live with them.