We’ve been learning more about David Mitchell’s new comedy/drama Ludwig as the show has begun filming in Cambridge. The BBC 1 six part series has been revealed as a “case of the week” detective show.
Mitchell says: “I’m delighted to be working in a genre of television that I have loved ever since the age of 10. I started watching the Miss Marple adaptations, starring Joan Hickson, with my parents. Sometimes the only thing that can bring the whole family together is murder.”
Joining David are Dipo Ola (Landscapers, We Hunt Together), Gerran Howell (Catch-22, Suspicion), Izuka Hoyle (Boiling Point, Big Boys), Dylan Hughes (Malory Towers, Maternal), and Dorothy Atkinson (Mum, The Gold) as well as Motherland and Line of Duty’s Anna Maxwell Martin.
David Mitchell plays John. The British Comedy Guide reports:
“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?”
Mark Brotherhood has penned the series which is a Big Talk Studios Production in association with That Mitchell and Webb Company for BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
Meanwhile David is nominated in several categories in the British Comedy Guide Awards. You can vote below:
A Dose Of David Mitchell 