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
Luther (TV series) 66th Primetime Emmy Awards and Zap2It while promoting his movie "No Good Deed" (2014), Idris Elba promised that "the series isn't over", which kept the possibility for future series or a feature film of Luther open. In a September 2014 Reddit AMA, Elba addressed the possibility of future plans for "Luther" and said there were "talks at the moment to figure out a way to bring more Luther back to the TV, but the focus is to try and make a film from it." In an August 2016 Q&A session on his Twitter, Elba responded to a question about the