In The Long Run
- TV sitcom
- Sky One
- 2018 - 2020
- 19 episodes (3 series)
Semi-autobiographical comedy created by and starring Idris Elba, set in mid-1980s Hackney. Also features Bill Bailey, Madeline Appiah, Jimmy Akingbola, Kellie Shirley, Sammy Kamara and more.
- Series 1, Episode 3 repeated at 9pm on Sky Comedy
Streaming rank this week: 1,830
Press clippings Page 2
In the Long Run, review
Idris Elba's sitcom has a lot of heart, but is still lacking heft.
Barbara Speed, i Newspaper, 16th October 2019In the Long Run, series 2 episode 1 review
Actor Idris Elba's semi-autobiographical sitcom In the Long Run (Sky One) was back for a second series of nostalgic shenanigans. But warm-hearted though it was, the show sadly felt as dated as its Eighties setting.
Michael Hogan, The Telegraph, 16th October 2019I Talk Telly Award nominations published
Nominees for TV blog I Talk Telly's 2018 awards have been revealed, with the final series of ITV's Benidorm amongst those leading the running.
British Comedy Guide, 3rd November 2018In The Long Run Series 2 confirmed
Sky has ordered a second series of In The Long Run, the sitcom created by Idris Elba.
British Comedy Guide, 24th September 2018In The Long Run and Pls Like win at Broadcast Digital Awards
In The Long Run and Pls Like were amongst the winners at the Broadcast Digital Awards 2018.
British Comedy Guide, 4th July 2018TV and web comedies up for Broadcast Digital Awards 2018
Chewing Gum, In The Long Run, Man Like Mobeen, Roast Battle, The Young Offenders and This Country are amongst the nominees for the Broadcast Digital Awards 2018.
British Comedy Guide, 16th May 2018Netflix orders new Idris Elba comedy Turn Up Charlie
Idris Elba will star in a new comedy series for Netflix, as a failed DJ and male nanny trying to relaunch his career.
British Comedy Guide, 19th April 2018In the Long Run, debuting on Sky One, is both Idris Elba's first venture into comedy (both writing and starring) and his labour of love for a remembered childhood in 80s Hackney. There is terrific music, and an honestly terrific attempt to translate some of the truths about growing up black, in then and in there, and it's in many, many ways lovely. It's just getting going, so the jury's still out on whether it's actually... funny. Perhaps I don't laugh easily enough.
Euan Ferguson, The Guardian, 1st April 2018In The Long Run television review
Charming comedy-drama with real heart.
David Stephenson, The Daily Express, 1st April 2018Will Gompertz reviews Idris Elba's In The Long Run
That the show makes Only Fools and Horses feel edgy came as a bit of a surprise, given its creator is the actor Idris Elba.
Will Gompertz, BBC, 31st March 2018