Ludwig 2024
Created by Mark Brotherhood
- Mystery, Crime, Drama, Comedy
- 2 seasons
- 12 episodes
- Returning
- TV-14
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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Contemporary, spare, classical in form and earnest.
- contemporarynostalgic
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
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- MovieGuyson TMDB · Jan 20257/10
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 amusing.Showing again and again, how Mitchell's character can't park a car but can solve complex crimes, is an interesting contrast, for example, but its not chuckle worthy on any level. In summary, by all means watch this series spanning an initial six episodes, for its clever puzzle, sleuthing elements but don't expect the kind of comedic elements you might typically associate with Mitchell. That said, so much else is worthwhile I, for one, don't think it really matters, all that much. Most definitely worth a look.
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Cast
- David MitchellJohn 'Ludwig' Taylor / James Taylor
- Anna Maxwell MartinLucy Betts-Taylor
- Dipo OlaDI Russell Carter
- Ben AshendenDC Ethan Cole
- Rumi SuttonDC Caitlin Sullivan
- Dorothy AtkinsonDCS Carol Shaw
- Dylan HughesHenry Betts-Taylor
- Ralph InesonChief Constable Ziegler
- Mark BonnarGerran Howell
- Sian CliffordJoanne Kemper MP
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- Mark BrotherhoodCreator
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Seasons
- Series 16 eps · 2024
- Series 26 eps · 2026
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