Ludwig - BBC1 Comedy Drama - British Comedy Guide (original) (raw)

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Ludwig. Image shows left to right: DS Alice Finch (Izuka Hoyle), DI Russell Carter (Dipo Ola), John 'Ludwig' Taylor (David Mitchell), DCS Carol Shaw (Dorothy Atkinson), DC Simon Evans (Gerran Howell)

Genre

Comedy Drama

Broadcast

2024

Channel

BBC One

Episodes

6 (1 series)

Stars

David Mitchell, Anna Maxwell Martin, Dipo Ola, Izuka Hoyle, Gerran Howell, Sophie Willan, Dorothy Atkinson, Ralph Ineson and Dylan Hughes

Writer

Mark Brotherhood

Directors

Robert McKillop and Jill Robertson

Producers

Georgie Fallon, Kenton Allen, Chris Sussman, Kathryn O'Connor, Mark Brotherhood, Saurabh Kakkar, David Mitchell, Tanya Qureshi and more

Companies

When John 'Ludwig' Taylor's identical twin, DCI James Taylor, disappears off the face of the earth, John takes over his brother's identity in a quest to discover his whereabouts. John has never married; never had a family and never really ventured further than his own front door. Without a computer, mobile phone or even a television, he lives in quiet solitude, designing puzzles for a living, under the nom-de-plume of 'Ludwig'.

This genre bending detective series follows full-time luddite, John 'Ludwig' Taylor, as he assumes the identity of his missing twin brother in a bid to track him down and bring him home. However, filling the shoes of your identical twin is one thing - when your twin also happens to be a successful DCI leading Cambridge's busy inner-city major crimes team the stakes are much higher. John may be a master of all things cryptic, but can he crack the biggest puzzle of his life?

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Production

Location

Camera set-up

Single camera

Picture

Colour

Broadcast details

First broadcast

Wednesday 25th September 2024 at 9pm on BBC One

Most recent repeats

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