BBC America is bringing back original drama series Luther for a fifth season, it was announced today. The new season will include four episodes. Production will begin in early 2018 for a premiere later in the year.
Star Idris Elba and creator Neil Cross have both signed on for the new season. They executive produce with Marcus Wilson, Hilary Salmon and Elizabeth Kilgarriff. BBC Studios produces.
"Now what? It's a question Idris and I get asked a lot. What happened to John Luther after we last saw him striding unbowed through the streets of his city, his blood red London? It can't be over, can it? There's so much we don't know. So much unfinished business," said Cross. "The thing is, we've been asking ourselves the same question. Because we love John and wonder what he's up to. And as for me, I'm scared of the monsters. The face at the window. The hand under the bed. The shadow at the end of the street. Who's going to stop them, if not John Luther? In the end, we picked up the phone to some old friends and asked if they'd like to find out what happens next. It turns out, they would. So that's what we're going to do. We're going to find out what happens next. Now what? Luther's coming back. That's what."
"Neil, the BBC and I have been talking about a further season and I am thrilled that we have been able to bring it all together. I look forward to putting the coat back on," said Elba.
Added BBC America president Sarah Barnett: "Luther is compulsive, unnerving television. Neil Cross, Idris Elba and the team are geniuses and we all wait with bated breath to see what happens next in this blindingly brilliant show."
