Idris Elba calls for more diversity in British TV

Movie star Idris Elba urged Britain's television industry to become more diverse, in a speech at the Houses of Parliament Monday, saying he had to move to the United States to make it big. London-born Elba, who is best known for his starring role in US series "The Wire", told a meeting at the Houses of Parliament how he worked as a tyre fitter and at a Ford motor plant before forging a career for himself as an actor in Britain. It is highly unusual for a star of Elba's profile to come to the Houses of Parliament and his speech drew around 100 MPs plus others involved in politics, who gave him a standing ovation.

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