Luther: Series 5

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Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award winner Idris Elba returns to his iconic role, Luther, who once again confronts the depths of human depravity - this time with new recruit DS Catherine Halliday (Wunmi Mosaku). Created by BAFTA and Emmy-nominated writer Neil Cross, Series 5, released on DVD and Blu-ray 28th January 2019 from BBC Worldwide, sees Luther and his team confounded by a tangle of misdirection that seems to protect an unspeakable horror.

As the case brings him closer than ever to the nature of true evil, a reluctant Luther faces the ghosts of his own past. Striding back into the line of fire, he must choose who to protect, and who to sacrifice. Whatever his next move, it will change John Luther forever.

Luther was commissioned by Piers Wenger and Charlotte Moore for BBC One, and is produced by BBC Studios, the BBC's commercial production arm and co-produced with BBC America. Executive producers are Idris Elba for Green Door Pictures, Neil Cross, Marcus Wilson and Hilary Salmon for BBC Studios and Elizabeth Kilgarriff for the BBC.

The series is produced by Derek Ritchie (Class, Doctor Who), directed by Jamie Payne (The Alienist, White Princess) and distributed by BBC Worldwide and co-produced with BBC America.