Ludwig
- TV comedy drama
- BBC One
- 2024
- 6 episodes (1 series)
Comedy drama about a man investigating his identical twin's disappearance. Stars David Mitchell, Anna Maxwell Martin, Dipo Ola, Izuka Hoyle, Gerran Howell and more.
- Due to return for Series 2
- Catch-up on Episode 6
Press clippings
Ludwig Series 2 confirmed
Having attracted nearly 10 million viewers with its opening series, Ludwig - the comedy drama series starring David Mitchell and Anna Maxwell Martin - has been recommissioned.
British Comedy Guide, 31st October 2024Ludwig's Anna Maxwell Martin is TV's most underrated actor
It's time she was propelled into the league of Sarah Lancashire, Keeley Hawes and Olivia Colman - where she belongs.
Michael Hogan, i Newspaper, 30th October 2024Ludwig review
This detective dramedy is the perfect comfort watch.
Eleanor Harvey, Indiependent, 24th October 2024Ludwig, the Guardian's genius new crossword setter
The Guardian has recruited a crossword compiler with a difference: he is entirely fictional.
Alan Connor, The Guardian, 7th October 2024This new detective show is just the ticket - but not for the reason you think
All the reviews of BBC One's big new Wednesday-night detective drama Ludwig (and there are many; the show trends on social media and some papers have covered it three or four times) say that "David Mitchell plays himself as usual". The series has been widely applauded and garlanded with stars, with reviewers saying how pleased they are to see "David Mitchell being David Mitchell", but they all agree he is "not a transformative actor". What they don't realise is that at home, he walks with a limp and speaks with a pronounced Welsh accent.
Victoria Coren Mitchell, The Telegraph, 5th October 2024Big Talk's Kenton Allen on BBC comedy Ludwig
Kenton Allen is executive producer on new six-part BBC comedy Ludwig.
Pippa Considine, Televisual, 30th September 2024David Mitchell the saviour of TV comedy? I'd have laughed in your face - but it's true
Television has been so serious for too long. Enter the corduroy lifer from Peep Show - Ludwig is a delight.
Camilla Long, The Sunday Times, 29th September 2024The week in TV: Ludwig
The more episodes I watched, the more I liked it.
Barbara Ellen, The Observer, 29th September 2024David Mitchell reveals Ludwig link to wife's show Only Connect
"Alan Connor, a real puzzle-setter [who also worked as a question editor on Victoria Coren Mitchell's show Only Connect], designed all our devious puzzles and I understood as much as I needed to, in order to look like I understood them!"
Caren Clark, What To Watch, 27th September 2024Ludwig review
Stick with this detective drama - David Mitchell is perfectly cast as a loveable amateur sleuth.
Chris Wasser, The Independent (Ireland), 26th September 2024