Luther (TV series) on board as executive producers. The project hails from 20th Century Fox TV, studio-based Chernin Entertainment, and BBC Worldwide Prods. On 9 March 2015, "The Hollywood Reporter" reported that the network had delayed the series, as the busy pilot season had limited the number of available actors to play lead character John Luther. While Fox had at one point considered Marlon Wayans, they have since decided to search out another actor for the role. In 2014, Channel One Russia was developing a Russian TV series version of Luther, with Konstantin Lavronenko, starring as Klim. The series was first broadcast on
DCI Banks "Inspector Banks". In Australia, the show has aired on subscription TV channel, UKTV, and in May 2013, began screening on free-to-air station ABC1. In France, the drama began on 2 November 2012 on Arte. DCI Banks has also been broadcast in Saudi Arabia by OSN (Orbit Showtime Network) which had forged an exclusive deal with BBC First HD that would carry the broadcast to Middle East & North Africa with programming screening 48 hours after their UK premier. The Series 1 DVD was released for Region 2 (UK) on 31 October 2011. The two disc-set features the pilot "Aftermath" and