Luther: EVERYTHING you need to know about the new series, plus Idris Elba looking HOT

Is there anyone who ISN'T excited that Luther will be back on our screens on 15 December? We doubt it! The bad but extremely sexy detective, played by Idris Elba, is a serious passion of ours. As is the man who plays him.

Before we get on with swooning over Idris (because there is plenty o' swoonage to do), heat's Boyd Hilton tells us what to expect for the new series...

When is Luther on? Tuesday 15 December on BBC1 at 9pm

"If you like your crime dramas as nasty, brutal, stylish and scary as the classic serial killer movies like Se7en and Silence Of The Lambs, then this new two-part story featuring TV’s sexiest maverick cop is definitely for you.

"The key details are that our loose cannon detective hero is on leave from the Serial Crime Unit and has moved to the very edge of the country so he can look even more moody than ever while standing on the side of a cliff and pondering Big Thoughts.

"His psycho confidante Alice Morgan is not around but she’s causing trouble from afar, and Luther’s cop colleagues come to visit him to see if he’s still in touch with her. Meanwhile, back in London a cannibalistic serial killer is targeting seemingly random people and slaughtering them in the most disgusting manner possible. It all adds up to classic Luther."

We. Cannot. Wait.

Watching the 6 ft 2 handsome hero swish around London in his overcoat looking grim and like he's about to do some serious damage is seriously hot. It's no surprise there are so many people championing Elba to take over from Daniel Craig as the next James Bond.

His sex appeal doesn't stop at Luther. Here are 10 other occasions Idris has been fitter than most men on the planet...

Idris Elba looking fit as hell

When he did a better-than-Beckham and launched his stonking second collection with Superdry. If we buy a bloke that jacket will he look as good as Idris?

That time he did a cheeky wink whilst DJ-ing at the Triumph motorbikes party. That's right - Idris + music + bikes. We die.

When he rode an actual motorbike in Ghost Rider: Spirit Of Vengeance and sported contact lenses that made his eyes look like liquid honey.

When he made us all want to rush to Specsavers to buy our boyfriend a pair of heavy-rimmed spectacles.

How about when he proved to the whole world and its aunt that he should totally be 007 when he rocked up to a party looking like the slickest player EVER?

We could barely contain ourselves when he bantered with the legend that is Sir David Attenborough about the difference between chimps and baboons on the Jonathan Ross Show. Adorable.

He took leaning against walls to a whole other level at this press conference...

And probably got mooching the skills from filming* No Good Deed*, tbf. Oh, to be that wall.

In Pacific Rim his muscular armour was molded directly on his body. Probably.

He puts supermodels and soppy sex icons to shame when he arrives at airports. Gosling who?

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