Show Guide: 'Ludwig'

Synopsis: When John ‘Ludwig’ Taylor’s (David Mitchell, Peep Show) identical twin, James, 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’. 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? (Courtesy Britbox, 2025)

The Cast:
David Mitchell as John 'Ludwig' Taylor
Anna Maxwell Martin as Lucy Betts-Taylor
Dipo Ola as DI Russell Carter
Gerran Howell as DCSimon Evans
Izuka Hoyle as DS Alice Finch
Dylan Hughes
Dorothy Atkinson DCS Carol Shaw
Sophie Willan as Holly Pinder

Production Credits:
Ludwig is a Big Talk Studios in association with That Mitchell And Webb Company production for BBC One and BBC iPlayer. It was commissioned by Jon Petrie, Director of Comedy Commissioning at the BBC. The series is written and created by Mark Brotherhood. The Executive Producers are Kenton Allen, Mark Brotherhood, Saurabh Kakkar, David Mitchell, Kathryn O’Connor and Chris Sussman, the Producer is Georgie Fallon. The Directors are Robert McKillop and Jill Robertson. The BBC Commissioning Editor is Tanya Qureshi. It is co-produced in association with BritBox International with ITV Studios  distributing the series internationally.