A young woman sits alone on the top deck of a London bus at night as a figure – wearing a garish carnival mask, fringed by Led lights – crawls snake-like along the floor towards her. The point of view switches to that of a female passenger on another bus, who looks on aghast as she sees the masked figure cut the throat of the first woman as the two buses glide past each other in opposite directions.
This is a scene from the first episode of Season 5 of crime thriller series “Luther” – whose four-episode run played on consecutive nights this week on the BBC in the U.K., and screens later this year in the U.S. on BBC America. The first episode drew an average audience of 5.6 million, a 25.7% share of the U.K. audience, with many vowing on Twitter never to ride a night bus again.
Early last year,...
This is a scene from the first episode of Season 5 of crime thriller series “Luther” – whose four-episode run played on consecutive nights this week on the BBC in the U.K., and screens later this year in the U.S. on BBC America. The first episode drew an average audience of 5.6 million, a 25.7% share of the U.K. audience, with many vowing on Twitter never to ride a night bus again.
Early last year,...
- 1/5/2019
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
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