OnBOX: New Year’s Day TV “Luther” on BBC1

Golden Globe and SAG Award-winner actor Idris Elba returns to his iconic role as DCI John Luther, for the fifth series created by Emmy-nominated writer Neil Cross and produced by BBC Studios, Elba returns to the role for four more episodes.

Elba said: “It’s good to be back in London, back in the coat.”

Many of the cast are returning, Dermot Crowley, Michael Smiley and Patrick Malahide will return for the four-part series as DSU Martin Schenk, Benny Silver and George Cornelius; and Wunmi Mosaku, who won a Bafta for her performance in BBC One’s Damilola, Our Loved Boy in 2017, will join as new recruit D.S. Catherine Halliday.

16249326-low_res-luther — DS Halliday (WUNMI MOSAKU) Credit: Image Credit:
BBC / Des Willie
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DS Halliday (WUNMI MOSAKU) Credit: Image Credit:
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Neil Cross says: “We missed John Luther. We missed some old friends. And we wanted to make the biggest, scariest, darkest, most thrilling series of Luther there’s ever been. So that’s what we’ve come back to do.”

When the moonless shadows of London give birth to a new nightmare, DCI John Luther must once again confront the depths of human depravity. Luther airs on BBC1 on New Years day 9pm.