LONDON, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- British actor Idris Elba, who starred in the American TV series "The Wire" and "The Office," is to star in a new U.K. police drama, the BBC said.
Elba, 36, is to play the lead in "Luther," a six-part series penned by Neil Cross, the head writer on the last two seasons of the British TV series "Spooks," which aired on BBC America as "MI-5." "Luther" is scheduled to premiere next year.