A-list Brit actor joins forces with King Charles in new BBC documentary as he opens up about ‘tough’ teenage years

IDRIS ELBA will be joined by The King in an upcoming BBC One documentary on knife crime.

The Wire actor, who has been working with Prime Minister Keir Starmer on a campaign to tackle the issue, will open up about his difficult teenage years in Idris Elba: A Year of Knife Crime.

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Idris will discuss solutions to youth violence with monarch Charles, plus meet young offenders, bereaved families and cops.

Reflecting on growing up in a “tough” part of London, Idris said: “Perpetrators are getting younger, fear is spreading.

“I hope our documentary goes some way towards getting everyone to engage with one of the biggest challenges of our time.”

Juniors so up to the Task

ROSE MATAFEO and Mike Wozniak may have landed coveted jobs as presenters on Junior Taskmaster but they don’t feel they have much job security.

In fact, working with a bunch of hilarious youngsters on the Channel 4 spin-off show means they are more worried than ever about being booted out to make way for the funnier newcomers.

Rose joked: “The comedians and entertainers are doing their best on the regular series, but they’re fundamentally flawed, creaking adults long past their time compared to the fresh brains of kids coming along.

“I reckon if we put Lee Mack on an episode of Junior Taskmaster, he’d be destroyed.

“It’s like, we’re on borrowed time now. We don’t need them coming in being much more talented and funny.”

Despite opportunities to cast famous kids as part of the family-friendly show, the duo confirmed that the series – which airs at 8pm on November 8 – will just feature everyday youngsters.

Mike added: “Nobody has been plucked off a West End stage – none of these children have had this experience and if any of them have secretly been fathered by Tom Cruise, someone buried that deep.”