BBC America To Air Season 4 of Luther Starring Idris Elba On Dec. 17Posted by Wilson Morales
December 17, 2015
Tonight on BBC America at 9 p.m. ET/PT, Idris Elba reprises the title role as Luther, which returns to the network with its fourth season as a special two-hour event.
Written and created by Emmy-nominated Neil Cross and directed by Sam Miller (No Good Deed, Fortitude) the Luther special also stars Laura Haddock as Megan Cantor, a mysterious woman from Luther’s past, John Heffernan as the sadistic cannibal Steven Rose, Patrick Malahide as George Cornelius, an old school gangster, and Michael Smiley returning as computer whiz Benny Silver.
This time we find Luther on a leave of absence from the police force, laying low in a rundown cottage. A visit from colleagues, Detective Chief Inspector Theo Bloom (Darren Boyd) and Detective Sergeant Emma Lane (Rose Leslie, The Last Witch Hunter, Game of Thrones) brings a shocking piece of news that draws him back to London in search of the truth. At the same time, a gruesome cannibalistic serial killer has struck the city, eating body parts as he goes.
With a trail of clues leading from one crime scene to the next, Detective Superintendent Unit Martin Schenk (Dermot Crowley) and his team must work out the twisted logic that connects each victim. But this murdering mastermind is more than a match for Schenk’s police, outsmarting them at every step. It’s not long before Luther makes his triumphant return to the Bullpen, determined to capture the killer before another mutilated body joins the mounting pile. But he’s dogged at every turn by ghosts from his past. Isolated and volatile, it will take every fiber of Luther’s being to keep it together.
Idris Elba recently received NAACP Image Awards, SAG Awards, Critics’ Choice Awards, and Golden Globe Awards nominations for his role as DCI John Luther. He won a Golden Globe Award in 2013.
Luther: Series 1-3 Recap – The Journey So Far
Season 4 Trailer
Season 4 Preview – Luther takes on George Cornelius
Clip – Are You Having A Laugh?
Clip – The Return
Real-Life Superhero
Meet Megan Cantor
