Elba back as Luther for season 5

GOLDEN GLOBE and SAG-Awardwinning actor Idris Elba returns to his iconic role as DCI John Luther ( below) for the fifth season of Luther, created by Emmy-nominated writer Neil Cross and produced by BBC Studios.

Dermot Crowley, Michael Smiley and Patrick Malahide are also back as DSU Martin Schenk, Benny Silver, and George Cornelius, respectively, in this four-part season.

Wunmi Mosaku, who won a Bafta for her performance in BBC One’s Damilola, Our Loved Boy in 2017, will join the cast as recruit DS Catherine Halliday.

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

Cross added: “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.”

In season five, DCI Luther must once again confront the depths of human depravity, when a new nightmare strikes London.

As a series of monstrous killings becomes ever more audacious, Luther and recruit Halliday are confounded by a tangle of leads and misdirection, that seems designed to protect an unspeakable horror.

But, even as the case brings him closer than ever to the nature of pure evil, a reluctant Luther must also face the ghosts of his past.

Striding back into the line of fire, he must choose who to protect and who to sacrifice. Whatever his next move, it will have devastating consequences for those around him – and change Luther forever.

Season five is expected to be aired later this year.

In Malaysia, seasons one to four of Luther are available on BBC First, as an SVOD service on unifi TV (channel 812). It is also on BBC Player, which you can download from the Apple and Google Play stores, and at www.bbcplayer.com.