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In the Long Run (TV Series 2017–2020) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
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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- 2017-12-31
- Comedy
- 30
Cast and characters. Main. Idris Elba as Walter Easmon (series 1–present), patriarch of the Easmon family. Bill Bailey as Terence 'Bagpipes' De La Croix (series 1–present), Walter's best friend. Madeline Appiah as Agnes Easmon (series 1–present), Walter's wife. Jimmy Akingbola as Valentine Easmon (series 1–present), Walter's younger brother.
- United Kingdom
- 3
- 19
- 29 March 2018 –, 27 August 2020
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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.
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. 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. Streaming rank this week: 4,282
