Luther season five: everything you need to know

'It’s good to be back in London, back in the coat.' Our thoughts exactly, Mr Idris Elba. Welcome home.

The Golden Globe and SAG Award-winner actor Idris Elba returns to his iconic role as DCI John Luther, for the fifth series created by Emmy-nominated writer Neil Cross.

The new series already has a lot of promise. 'We missed John Luther. We missed some old friends. And we wanted to make the biggest, scariest, darkest, most thrilling series of Luther there’s ever been. So that’s what we’ve come back to do,' writer Neil Cross said.

The violent killings across London are picking up the pace, and now DCI John Luther and new recruit D.S. Catherine Halliday are confounded by dead-end leads and a web of lies. Can Luther face his own past, as well as get a grasp on the outbreak of evil across the capital? Returning to the line of fire, Luther must chose who he can and can't save.

Piers Wenger, Controller of BBC Drama, said, It’s fantastic to have Idris Elba and the team back filming in London and we are thrilled that the exceptional Wunmi Mosaku will be returning to BBC One to join this already stellar cast. Neil Cross’ scripts for this fifth series of Luther are explosive and fans won’t be disappointed.'