Ludwig links up with BBC One

TRAILER: Here’s David Mitchell and Anna Maxwell Martin in the first footage from upcoming BBC drama Ludwig. It launches on BBC One and BBC iPlayer on September 25.

Reclusive puzzle-setter John ‘Ludwig’ Taylor (Mitchell) sees his life of solitude turned upside down when his identical twin brother, James, disappears without a trace. In a quest to track James down, Ludwig assumes his brother’s identity, but by taking over every aspect of James’s life, Ludwig is forced to confront his own.

Unlike Ludwig, James is no hermit; he’s a family man and a highly respected DCI within Cambridge’s busy Major Investigations Team.

For Ludwig, playing dad to a ready-made family proves every bit as challenging as tackling the grisliest of crime scenes. However, Ludwig does have one big advantage – his ability to see the world in puzzle form. John may be a master of all things cryptic, but can he crack the biggest puzzle of his life?

Maxwell Martin (Motherland, Line of Duty) plays Lucy Betts-Taylor, John’s sister-in-law and wife of his missing brother James.

The six-part series comes from Big Talk Studios in association with That Mitchell And Webb Company. It is written and created by Mark Brotherhood.

The executive producers are Kenton Allen, Mark Brotherhood, Saurabh Kakkar, David Mitchell, Kathryn O’Connor and Chris Sussman, the producer is Georgie Fallon and the directors are Robert McKillop and Jill Robertson.

ITV Studios will handle international sales.

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