LUDWIG: FIRST LOOK AND BEHIND THE SCENES IMAGES AHEAD OF SECOND SERIES ON BBC ONE
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The BBC’s acclaimed detective series Ludwig, starring David Mitchell and Anna Maxwell Martin, returns Thursday 20th August at 9pm on BBC One. Joining the cast as series regulars are Mark Bonnar and Sian Clifford.
Picking up from the end of series one, master puzzle-setter John ‘Ludwig’ Taylor (David Mitchell) is now a Crime Scene Consultant, working alongside DCI Russell Carter (Dipo Ola), on ‘impossible’ crimes for the Cambridge Police Authority. No longer having to masquerade as his brother, he’s openly more ‘Ludwig’ than ever - brilliant at solving puzzles but hopeless at everything else.
But John’s identical twin brother, James, is still missing, and now that he’s an official employee of the station, John is forbidden from using any police resources to look for his brother or uncover exactly what he was investigating.
Of course, John won’t stop and neither will Lucy (Anna Maxwell Martin), John’s sister-in-law and wife of his missing brother James - a puzzle needs solving and a husband and father needs bringing home. One masquerade may have ended, but a new one has just begun.
Episode 1: No longer having to impersonate his twin brother and following his successful closure rate for the major investigation team, puzzle setter John ‘Ludwig’ Taylor returns under his new job title of crime scene consultant.
After retrieving the files from storage, John is determined to find the incriminating information that led to Sinclair’s death and James’s disappearance.
As the Cambridge Police Authority undergoes investigation in light of the Holly Pinder scandal, an unusual double confession at the theatre sees John take centre stage, where he must prove who didn’t commit the crime. The case takes a turn when John meets a key witness who appears to recognise him – and not because he’s Ludwig. Is there more to this witness than meets the eye?
Episode 2: When a ceilidh is cut short by an unwelcome guest, John is left in a spin. Ironically, a murder witnessed by an entire wedding party proves to be quite the puzzle. While John feels overwhelmed by the variables, the crime stirs up difficult emotions for Russell.
Chief Constable Ziegler’s abrupt holiday leave arouses suspicion from the Taylors. Now with too many strange pieces on their board, nothing seems like a coincidence. In a bid to get answers from the prime suspect embedded in their investigation, Lucy goes on a stakeout.
Episode 3: Disobeying station rules, John pops into the Cambridge Police Authority, hoping to find intel for Lucy’s upcoming assignment. But keeping a low profile proves difficult for our puzzle genius when he finds himself unable to resist consulting on the murder of an influencer. Navigating his way through Cambridge’s labyrinth, Ludwig must map out how the killer was able to dodge being seen on camera in an area saturated with CCTV.
Meanwhile, Lucy and Henry attempt to connect the dots in their investigation and reach a breakthrough revelation on their prime suspect. But as the pieces fall into place, they can’t help but wonder whether their opponent is already one step ahead of them.
Also returning for series two are Dylan Hughes as Henry Betts-Taylor, Dorothy Atkinson as DCS Carol Shaw, Ralph Ineson as Chief Constable Ziegler, and Karl Pilkington as DI Matt Neville.
Joining the cast as series regulars are Mark Bonnar (Dept. Q, Guilt) as newspaper editor Gareth Fisher, Sian Clifford (Fleabag, The Ballad of Wallis Island) as local MP Joanne Kemper, Ben Ashenden (Deep Cover, Black Mirror) as DC Ethan Cole, and Rumi Sutton (After the Flood, Mutiny) as DC Caitlin Sullivan.
Ludwig returns Thursday 20th August at 9pm on BBC One.
