The BBC has released the trailer for the fifth series of its award-winning crime drama series Luther, which finds Idris Elba’s titular detective tortured by East End gangster George Cornelius (Patrick Malahide) and his cronies in order to find the whereabouts of Cornelius’ son Alistair, much to the confusion of Luther; check it out here, followed by the official synopsis…
When the moonless shadows of London give birth to a new nightmare, DCI John Luther played by Idris Elba is once more called to immerse himself in the deepest depths of human depravity.
While the monstrous and seemingly indiscriminate killings become ever more audacious and public, Luther and new recruit D.S. Catherine Halliday played by Wunmi Mosaku are confounded by a complex tangle of leads and misdirection that seems designed to protect an untouchable corruption. But even as the case brings him closer than ever to the true face of evil, a reluctant Luther is forced to confront the unburied demons of his own recent 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 John Luther forever.
Luther series 5 sees Idris Elba returning as DSI John Luther alongside Dermot Crowley (DSU Martin Schenk), Michael Smiley (Benny Silver), Ruth Wilson (Alice), Patrick Malahide (George Cornelius) and newcomer Wunmi Mosaku as DS Catherine Halliday.
