Luther (TV series)

Luther
Genre
Created byNeil Cross
Written byNeil Cross
Starring
Opening theme"Paradise Circus" by Massive Attack
ComposerPaul Englishby
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series5
No. of episodes20 (list of episodes)
Production
ProducerKatie Swinden
Running time51–63 minutes
Production companyBBC Studios Drama Productions
Original release
NetworkBBC One
Release4 May 2010 (2010-05-04) –
4 January 2019 (2019-01-04)
Related
Luther: The Fallen Sun
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Luther is a British psychological crime thriller television series starring Idris Elba as DCI John Luther and Ruth Wilson as Alice Morgan,[1] written by Neil Cross. The detective Luther must make cases against criminals while the murderer Morgan has a complicated relationship with him. The first series is composed of six episodes which ran in May and June 2010. A second series of four episodes aired on BBC One in June and July 2011, and a third was commissioned in 2012 composed of four episodes which aired in July 2013.[2] A two-episode fourth series was broadcast in December 2015, and a fifth series of four episodes premiered on 1 January 2019.[3] BBC Studios handled distribution for the TV series.[4]

A feature film continuation, Luther: The Fallen Sun, was released in select cinemas on 24 February 2023, before its streaming release on 10 March 2023, by Netflix. Starring Elba, Andy Serkis and Cynthia Erivo, the film was written by Cross.

Elba has been awarded a Critics' Choice Television Award, Golden Globe Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award for his performance as John Luther.[5][6] The series has also received eleven Primetime Emmy Award nominations in various categories, including four nominations of Elba for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie.

  1. ^ "Programmes: Luther". BBC.
  2. ^ "Sienna Guillory joins Idris Elba in the third series of Luther". BBC. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Series5Premiere was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "BBC – BBC unveils brand new must-see dramas – Media Centre". BBC. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  5. ^ Saad, Nardine (16 January 2012). "Golden Globes: Idris Elba wins for actor in a TV miniseries". Los Angeles Times. Showtracker (blog). Retrieved 16 January 2012.
  6. ^ "Outstanding Film and Television Performances Honored at the 22nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards". 3 February 2016. Retrieved 3 February 2016.