{"id":1626,"date":"2018-02-26T17:08:46","date_gmt":"2018-02-26T22:08:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/?p=1626"},"modified":"2018-06-20T12:16:24","modified_gmt":"2018-06-20T12:16:24","slug":"idris-elbas-comedy-series-long-run-channels-childhood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/idris-elbas-comedy-series-long-run-channels-childhood\/","title":{"rendered":"Idris Elba\u2019s Comedy Series \u2018In The Long Run\u2019 Channels His Childhood"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1633\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1633\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1633\" src=\"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/longrunedited.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/longrunedited.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/longrunedited-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/longrunedited-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/longrunedited-390x220.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1633\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sky One<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Created by Idris Elba, the upcoming Sky One series <em>In The Long Run <\/em>is roughly based on Elba\u2019s childhood. Set in 1980s London, the series will follow the Easmon family, who has settled in England after leaving their West African home country, Sierra Leone, over a decade ago.<\/p>\n<p>Elba will star as Walter, a family man working at a local factory with his neighbor, Bagpipes (Bailey). His wife sells makeup door-to-door, and the married couple is quite happy with their comfortable routine life. But when Walter\u2019s brother Valentine (Akingbola) arrives in town, their quiet and ordinary lives are quickly replaced with a chaos they weren\u2019t prepared for. Yet, Valentine\u2019s energetic love for life and humorous personality may be just what the Easmon family was missing.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1629\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1629\" style=\"width: 1536px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1629 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/in-the-long-run2-cropped.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"864\" title=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/in-the-long-run2-cropped.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/in-the-long-run2-cropped-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/in-the-long-run2-cropped-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/in-the-long-run2-cropped-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/in-the-long-run2-cropped-390x220.jpg 390w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1536px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1536\/864;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1629\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sky One<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>In The Long Run <\/em>stars Idris Elba, Jimmy Akingbola, Bill Bailey, Mattie Boys, and Madeline Appiah, and is a co-production between Green Door and Sprout Pictures. The series will premiere on Sky One in the U.K. on March 29<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Created by Idris Elba, the upcoming Sky One series In The Long Run is roughly based on Elba\u2019s childhood. Set in 1980s London, the series will follow the Easmon family, who has settled in England after leaving their West African home country, Sierra Leone, over a decade ago. 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