Idris Elba is set to return to the BBC with 4 new episodes of Luther.
Filming isn’t due to start until early next year, but they are promising big, bold, surprising (and scary) viewing. Perhaps a little Alice Morgan …?
Idris Elba is set to return to the BBC with 4 new episodes of Luther.
Filming isn’t due to start until early next year, but they are promising big, bold, surprising (and scary) viewing. Perhaps a little Alice Morgan …?
This Christmas, PBS viewers can enjoy a Call the Midwife holiday special on December 25th and a one-off Sherlock episode (the Abominable Bride) on January 1st.
Okay, it’s only for two, one hour episodes – but who cares! The new episodes won’t air until late next year, but Idris Elba is worth waiting for.
Also new next year will be: a four-parter dealing with murder in rural Scotland; a series that imagines a Scotland Yard detective working in a 1940s Nazi controlled London; a Brighton based ensemble cop show; an 1886 secret agent series; a contemporary political thriller; and a second series of Top of the Lake.
For more info on these new shows and others you can read the BBC press release here.
US Luther fans have to wait until September to watch the new (and final) series but for UK viewers the premiere is less than three weeks away. The BBC has confirmed that the first episode of series three will air on Tuesday July 2, from 9-10.
Well, we’ll have to wait until September 3rd for the BBC America premiere of Luther series 3, but then they’re going to give it all to us over four consecutive nights from Tuesday to Friday – so mark your calendars.
Also announced was the Wednesday August 7th premiere of Broadchurch. The eight-part series aired earlier this spring on ITV and was very well received. It has already been re-commissioned for a second series. It stars Olivia Colman and David Tennant and follows the investigation of and the turmoil surrounding the murder of a child in a small English town.
In the Flesh, a three-part zombie rehabilitation miniseries, will also be shown over consecutive nights starting Thursday, June 6th.
The 13 episode second series of Copper will begin on Sunday, June 23rd.
You can check out synopses for each show and promos for Copper, Broadchurch and In the Flesh here.
Fans of the BBC’s Luther can look forward to a summer broadcast of series three. Idris Elba! Ruth Wilson! No exact date yet but it’s soon my friends. Soon.
I’ll send along further info about the BBC America air date, trailers, etc., as they become available.