My Name is Leon has one main character: Leon, a 9-year-old boy from Birmingham. There are a number of secondary characters in the novel: Carol, Maureen, Sylvia and Tufty. All of the characters in ...

MY NAME IS LEON is an adaptation of the 2016 debut novel of the same name by author Kit de Waal. The BBC's small-screen version of the critically-acclaimed book will be airing this week - here's a ...

My Name Is Leon follows the real-life story of a mixed-race boy taken into foster care and separated from his blond, blue-eyed baby brother (Image: BBC/Douglas Road Productions/Ben Gregory-Ring) ...