{"id":1931,"date":"2025-09-04T18:35:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T18:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/1931\/"},"modified":"2025-09-04T18:35:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T18:35:07","slug":"ludwig-season-2-rolls-cameras-as-sian-clifford-mark-bonnar-join-bbc-drama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/1931\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Ludwig&#8217; Season 2 Rolls Cameras As Sian Clifford, Mark Bonnar Join BBC Drama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tEXCLUSIVE: <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/sian-clifford\/\" id=\"auto-tag_sian-clifford\" data-tag=\"sian-clifford\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sian Clifford<\/a> (Fleabag) and <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/mark-bonnar\/\" id=\"auto-tag_mark-bonnar\" data-tag=\"mark-bonnar\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mark Bonnar<\/a> (Dept. Q) have joined <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/ludwig\/\" id=\"auto-tag_ludwig\" data-tag=\"ludwig\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ludwig<\/a> Season 2 as cameras roll.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tBonnar will play newspaper editor Gareth Fisher and Clifford is local MP Joanne Kemper, while Ben Ashenden\u00a0(Deep Cover) and Rumi Sutton (After the Flood) are also aboard. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tFilming is underway on Ludwig Season 2, which stars <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/david-mitchell\/\" id=\"auto-tag_david-mitchell\" data-tag=\"david-mitchell\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">David Mitchell<\/a> in the title role. Season 1 of the comedy-drama was the <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/bbc\/\" id=\"auto-tag_bbc\" data-tag=\"bbc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BBC<\/a>\u2019s biggest scripted show of last year and the biggest launch\u00a0for a comedy since at least 2018, attracting more than 9.5 million viewers across 28 days. On BritBox North America, it is the number one season premiere in total viewership and unique viewers this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe show sees the master-puzzler protagonist work on \u2018impossible\u2019 crimes\u00a0in place of his brother. In Season 2 he no longer has to masquerade as his brother but his twin is still missing. Now that he\u2019s an official employee\u00a0of the station, John is forbidden from using any police resources to look for his brother or uncover\u00a0exactly what he was investigating. The show also stars Anna Maxwell Martin, Dipo Ola, Dylan Hughes, Dorothy Atkinson, Ralph Ineson\u00a0and Karl\u00a0Pilkington.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe news comes with Mitchell\u2019s sketch show, Mitchell and Webb are not Helping, set to launch tomorrow night on Channel 4. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tLudwig is a <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/big-talk-studios\/\" id=\"auto-tag_big-talk-studios\" data-tag=\"big-talk-studios\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Big Talk Studios<\/a> production in association with That Mitchell And\u00a0Webb\u00a0Company, in co-production with BritBox and ZDF, for the BBC.\u00a0It is produced in association with ITV Studios, which also handles international\u00a0distribution.\u00a0The series was commissioned\u00a0for BBC One and BBC iPlayer by Jon Petrie, BBC Director of Comedy Commissioning. Season 2 is again written by Mark Brotherhood, and the directors are\u00a0George Kane (episodes 1,2 &amp; 3) and Stella Corradi (episodes 4, 5 &amp; 6). The executive producers\u00a0are Kenton Allen and Toby Welch for Big Talk Studios,\u00a0Mark Brotherhood, Mitchell,\u00a0Kathryn O\u2019Connor, Chris Sussman;\u00a0Robert Schildhouse and Stephen Nye for BritBox; and Claus Wunn and Frank Seyberth for ZDF. The producer is Georgie Fallon, with Anya Wilson serving as co-producer. Commissioning editor for the BBC is Tanya\u00a0Qureshi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Sian Clifford (Fleabag) and Mark Bonnar (Dept. Q) have joined Ludwig Season 2 as cameras roll. 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