After 20 years, Idris Elba has come around on the death of his The Wire character Stringer Bell. But when he first got word of his departure from the show, the actor admits he was less than thrilled.

The Guardian's episode-by-episode blog on The Wire, plus many of the paper's interviews with the cast and features on the show, is going to be published in book form this autumn. Blogposts for all ...

When Russell “Stringer” Bell died on HBO’s The Wire, it was as if somebody we all knew was tragically murdered. He was the suave, even-tempered businessman that just happened to run a highly ...

British actor Idris Elba came into renown stateside for playing business minded drug dealer Stringer Bell on The Wire. However, it turns out Elba has only seen episodes of the HBO series here and ...

Watch Stringer Bell from The Wire (AKA Idris Elba) be a rapper in the video below. The track is called “Hold On” and Stringer raps/sings with a heavy patois and wears a do rag. He looks kind of like ...