Idris Elba reads ‘Don’t Quit’ poem in moving coronavirus PSA for the BBC

nme.com:

The actor and DJ tested positive for Covid-19 last month Idris Elba has recorded a moving new coronavirus PSA for the BBC. In the 90-second clip, which was read on the BBC News on Friday (April 10), Elba recites Don’t Quit, a poem by John Greenleaf Whittier as part of a larger message of the same name.

Elba’s reading of the poem is set against footage of the UK’s battle against Covid-19, featuring empty supermarket shelves, closed businesses and the applause given to NHS workers every Thursday. “When things go wrong as they sometimes will; when the road you’re trudging seems all uphill; when the funds are low but the debts are high; when you want to smile but you have to sigh; when care is pressing you down a bit, rest if you must but don’t