Ludwig
Created by Mark Brotherhood
On BBC One
A cosy crime mystery built on puzzle-solving and twin identity, balancing genuine disappearance stakes with warmth and playful investigation.
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.
Essence
Ensemble
David Mitchell
John 'Ludwig' Taylor / James Taylor
Anna Maxwell Martin
Lucy Betts-Taylor
Dipo Ola
DI Russell Carter
Izuka Hoyle
DS Alice Finch
Gerran Howell
DC Simon Evans
Ben Ashenden
DC Ethan Cole
Rumi Sutton
DC Caitlin Sullivan
Dorothy Atkinson
DCS Carol Shaw
Dylan Hughes
Henry Betts-Taylor
Sophie Willan
Holly Pinder
Ralph Ineson
Chief Constable Ziegler
Mark Bonnar
Gerran Howell
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