Yeah, I would say so. British TV does a lot of period pieces: endless Austen and Dickens adaptations, The Hour (though they had two POC this year) etc, Downton Abbey
I remember before I got into Luther my brother made me search for "black cop BBC" and Idris was the only one who came up.
I remember before I got into Luther my brother made me search for "black cop BBC" and Idris was the only one who came up.