The eighth series has been confirmed to air starting on Friday 6 January 2012 on BBC1 at 9pm. However creator Tony Jordan has said that this will be the last for at least a while and the last with the current cast. Guest stars featuring this season will include Sheila Hancock, Martin Kemp and Paterson Joseph.Peter Polycarpou and John Barrowman have also revealed on Twitter that they will have guest roles in series eight. This will be the third series to be filmed in Birmingham, the fifth in HD and the fourth series featuring all of the current cast. Adrian Lester is also set to direct an episode, in which Mickey is kidnapped.Other cons will see the team take on the world of slimming pills and pull off a gold heist. Jaime Murray reprised her role for the final episode.

　　《吸血鬼日记》由美国女作家L.J.史密斯的同名畅销系列小说改编而成。
　　第四季的剧情会围绕变成吸血鬼的Elena（妮娜·杜波夫 Nina Dobrev 饰）展开。变身让她想起了和之前被Damen（伊恩·萨默海尔德 Ian Somerhalder 饰）抹去的记忆，这会是她和Stefan（保罗·韦斯利 Paul Wesley 饰）的关系产生新的裂痕。附身到Tyler身上的klaus和Caroline之间到底有怎样的进展？真正的Tyler又去哪了呢？Elena在知道真相后又会有怎样的举动？而Jeremy面对变成吸血鬼的姐姐会有什么反应，Elena自己又如何接受这样的事实呢？