TV series
Luther
Overview
A dark psychological crime drama starring Idris Elba as Luther, a man struggling with his own terrible demons, who might be as dangerous as the depraved murderers he hunts.
Details
- First air date
- 2010-05-04
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 5 seasons
- Episodes
- 20 episodes
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Network
- BBC One
- Production
- BBC
- Country
- GB
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Idris Elba as John Luther
- Dermot Crowley as Martin Schenk
- Michael Smiley as Benny Silver
- Warren Brown as Justin Ripley
- Ruth Wilson as Alice Morgan
- Paul McGann as Mark North
- Nikki Amuka-Bird as Erin Gray
- Indira Varma as Zoe Luther
- Steven Mackintosh as Ian Reed
- Saskia Reeves as Rose Teller
- Patrick Malahide as George Cornelius
- Aimee-Ffion Edwards as Jenny Jones
Creators and crew
- Neil Cross - Creator
- Phillippa Giles - Executive Producer
- Elizabeth Kilgarriff - Executive Producer
- Katie Swinden - Producer
- Claire Bennett - Producer
- Marcus Wilson - Producer
Seasons
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