John Taylor lives in quiet solitude, designing puzzles for a living, under the nom-de-plume of 'Ludwig'. When his identical twin, James, disappears off the face of the earth, John takes over his brother's identity in a quest to discover his whereabouts.
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David Mitchell
John 'Ludwig' Taylor / James Taylor
Anna Maxwell Martin
Lucy Betts-Taylor
Dipo Ola
DI Russell Carter
Ben Ashenden
DC Ethan Cole
Rumi Sutton
DC Caitlin Sullivan
Dorothy Atkinson
DCS Carol Shaw
Dylan Hughes
Henry Betts-Taylor
Ralph Ineson
Chief Constable Ziegler
Mark Bonnar
Gerran Howell
Sian Clifford
Joanne Kemper MP
6 eps
Series 1
2024
6 eps
Series 2
2026
Status
Returning Series
Original Language
EN
Network
BBC One
Created By
Mark Brotherhood
Production
That Mitchell & Webb Company, Big Talk Studios
MovieGuys
January 26, 2025
David Mitchell was fantastic in the comedy series "Upstart Crow", a light hearted, often insightful and extremely funny, re imagining of the life of William Shakespeare. "Ludwig' offers Mitchell a platform that's eccentric, intriguing and often clever but barely funny. This series hold together extremely well as a crime drama with complex puzzle, sleuthing overtones but I hardly found it amusi...
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