Luther (TV series) Luther (TV series) Luther is a British crime drama television series starring Idris Elba as the title character DCI John Luther, written by Neil Cross. The first series comprised six episodes which ran in May and June 2010. A second series of four episodes aired on BBC One in June and July 2011. A third series was commissioned in 2012, comprising four episodes which aired in July 2013. A two-episode fourth series was broadcast in December 2015. A fifth series was announced and is scheduled to premiere 1 January 2019. BBC Studios handles the distribution of the series. Elba has
Rose Leslie starred in the horror film "Honeymoon" with Harry Treadaway. She has since played DS Emma Lane in the BBC detective drama "Luther" with Idris Elba with positive response and starred alongside Vin Diesel and Elijah Wood in the 2015 action adventure/fantasy film "The Last Witch Hunter." In 2016, she portrayed the character of Athena in "Sticky Notes" with Ray Liotta. In 2016, Leslie was cast in "The Good Fight", a CBS All Access legal drama and spin off of "The Good Wife". She plays Maia Rindell, a new lawyer who just passed the bar and whose family is involved in