Idris Elba says Bafta special award is chance to give back to others

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Luther star Idris Elba said he will continue to champion other actors, writers and people to tell their stories as he collected one of Bafta’s highest accolades.

Elba, 47, star of series like The Wire and In The Long Run, was presented the award virtually at this year’s Bafta Television Awards.

Due to coronavirus, this year’s ceremony, hosted by Richard Ayoade, has been filmed as live behind closed doors with nominees accepting their awards virtually.

Elba said: “I don’t believe that I am very special. I believe that I have been given an opportunity. “What I have done is taken my opportunity and handed it backwards to other people that need that opportunity.

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