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
Idris Elba in a cell alone on Robben Island, where Mandela had been imprisoned. His performance earned him a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama. In June 2012, Elba portrayed Captain Janek in Ridley Scott's "Prometheus". He joined the cast of the film "Pacific Rim" (2013) in the role of Stacker Pentecost. In January 2014, he confirmed that he would be starring in a film adaptation of "Luther". In 2014, he starred in "No Good Deed" as a vengeful psychopathic serial killer. In 2015, Elba appeared as Heimdall in the superhero blockbuster "", directed by