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) credits. A CD titled "Luther - Songs and Score From Series 1, 2 and 3" was released on 19 August 2013 and contains many of the themes and songs used in the television series. The opening theme song is a shorter version of Paradise Circus by Massive Attack from the album "Heligoland" (2010) and features the voice of Hope Sandoval. In November 2014, Fox was developing an American TV series version of Luther, with Cross writing and executive producing the series, and Elba, Peter Chernin (of the Chernin company), Katherine Pope, and BBC Worldwide Prods' Jane Tranter and Julie Gartner