Ludwig (2024)
Creator: Mark Brotherhood
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 User Reviews (1)
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 defi…
