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The week in TV: Everything I Know About Love; We Own This City; My Name Is Leon; Avoidance

Dolly Alderton’s millennial memoir and Kit de Waal’s acclaimed social care novel are brought to the screen with aplomb, while David Simon’s new Baltimore cop drama is brutally compelling

The Guardian - UK · Jun 12, 2022

My Name Is Leon review – a small miracle of child’s-eye-view TV

Kit de Waal’s award-winning novel about a boy in foster care becomes a wise, touching and magical drama packed with stellar talent

The Guardian - UK · Jun 10, 2022

My Name Is Leon sheds light on stark realities of Birmingham riots of 1981

Sir Lenny Henry's BBC drama My Name Is Leon is set during the Handsworth riots in July 1981. We speak to Lenny and others of their memories of that traumatic time

Daily Mirror · Jun 9, 2022