{"id":533043,"date":"2026-04-15T23:00:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T23:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/533043\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T23:00:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T23:00:21","slug":"ludwig-series-2-first-look-revealed-as-comedy-detective-series-with-david-mitchell-and-anna-maxwell-martin-returns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/533043\/","title":{"rendered":"Ludwig series 2 first look revealed as comedy detective series with David Mitchell and Anna Maxwell Martin returns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Published: 07:00 pm, 15 April 2026<\/p>\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"component-image-image max-width margin-auto max-height-169\" data-testid=\"component-image-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/p0ndbflt.jpg\" alt=\"Group image. The cast of Ludwig series two stand in an office, featuring DS Ethan Cole (BEN ASHENDEN); DC Caitlin Sullivan (RUMI SUTTON); DI Russell Carter (DIPO OLA); John \u2018Ludwig\u2019 Taylor (DAVID MITCHELL); DCS Carol Shaw (DOROTHY ATKINSON); and Chief Constable Ziegler (RALPH INESON).\"\/><\/p>\n<p>    (Image: BBC\/Big Talk Studios \/Olly Courtney)<\/p>\n<p>First look pictures have been released for the much-anticipated second series of the BBC\u2019s acclaimed detective series Ludwig, starring David Mitchell and Anna Maxwell Martin, which will air later this year on BBC iPlayer and BBC One. Joining the cast as series regulars are Mark Bonnar and Sian Clifford.<\/p>\n<p>Ludwig is created and written by Mark Brotherhood and produced by Big Talk Studios (part of ITV Studios), in collaboration with That Mitchell and Webb Company. Series one of the binge-worthy comedy-drama is the BBC\u2019s biggest scripted series since 2024, and the biggest comedy launch episode since at least 2018, attracting over 9.5 million viewers in 28 days.<\/p>\n<p>Picking up from the end of series one, master puzzle-setter John \u2018Ludwig\u2019 Taylor (David Mitchell) is now a Crime Scene Consultant, working alongside DCI Russell Carter (Dipo Ola), on \u2018impossible\u2019 crimes for the Cambridge Police Authority. No longer having to masquerade as his brother, he\u2019s openly more \u2018Ludwig\u2019 than ever &#8211; brilliant at solving puzzles but hopeless at everything else.<\/p>\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"component-image-image max-width margin-auto max-height-169\" data-testid=\"component-image-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/p0ndbnh5.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of David Mitchell in character as John \u2018Ludwig\u2019 Taylor in a wood-panelled room. \"\/><\/p>\n<p>    John \u2018Ludwig\u2019 Taylor (David Mitchell) (Image: BBC\/Big Talk Studios \/Olly Courtney)<\/p>\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"component-image-image max-width margin-auto max-height-169\" data-testid=\"component-image-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/p0ndbnmw.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Dipo Ola in character as DI Russell Carter. He stands in an office beside a board with details of a police investigation. \"\/><\/p>\n<p>    DI Russell Carter (Dipo Ola) (Image: BBC\/Big Talk Studios \/Amanda Searle)<\/p>\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"component-image-image max-width margin-auto max-height-169\" data-testid=\"component-image-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/p0ndbnsg.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Anna Maxwell Martin in character as Lucy. She stands beside a corkboard full of paper documents. \"\/><\/p>\n<p>    Lucy (Anna Maxwell Martin) (Image: BBC\/Big Talk Studios \/Olly Courtney)<\/p>\n<p>But John\u2019s identical twin brother, James, is still missing, and now that he\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, John won\u2019t stop and neither will Lucy (Anna Maxwell Martin), John\u2019s sister-in-law and wife of his missing brother James &#8211; a puzzle needs solving and a husband and father needs bringing home. One masquerade may have ended, but a new one has just begun.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"component-image-image max-width margin-auto max-height-169\" data-testid=\"component-image-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/p0ndbnxd.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of David Mitchell, Anna Maxwell Martin and Dylan Hughes in character as Ludwig, Lucy and Henry respectively. They stand outdoors. Lucy holds a camera. \"\/><\/p>\n<p>    John \u2018Ludwig\u2019 Taylor (David Mitchell), Lucy (Anna Maxwell Martin) and Henry Betts-Taylor (Dylan Hughes) (Image: BBC\/Big Talk Studios \/Olly Courtney) <\/p>\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"component-image-image max-width margin-auto max-height-169\" data-testid=\"component-image-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/p0ndbp78.jpg\" alt=\"Dorothy Atkinson and Rumi Sutton in character as DCS Carol Shaw and DC Caitlin Sullivan respectively. The pair stand in an office. \"\/><\/p>\n<p>    DCS Carol Shaw (Dorothy Atkinson) and Rumi Sutton (DC Caitlin Sullivan) (Image: BBC\/Big Talk Studios \/Amanda Searle)<\/p>\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"component-image-image max-width margin-auto max-height-169\" data-testid=\"component-image-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/p0ndbpbr.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Ralph Ineson in character as Chief Constable Ziegler. He wears the formal police uniform of a Chief Constable. \"\/><\/p>\n<p>    Chief Constable Ziegler (Ralph Ineson) (Image: BBC\/Big Talk Studios \/Olly Courtney)<\/p>\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"component-image-image max-width margin-auto max-height-169\" data-testid=\"component-image-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/p0ndbpnr.jpg\" alt=\"Mark Bonnar in character as Gareth Fisher. He sits behind a messy office desk, cluttered with stacks of papers, snacks, picture frames and stationary. \"\/><\/p>\n<p>    Gareth Fisher (Mark Bonnar) (Image: BBC\/Big Talk Studios \/Olly Courtney)<\/p>\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"component-image-image max-width margin-auto max-height-169\" data-testid=\"component-image-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/p0ndbq26.jpg\" alt=\"Sian Clifford in character as Joanne Kemper MP. Wearing a purple blouse and matching purple trousers, she walks down a white staircase in a modern home. \"\/><\/p>\n<p>    Joanne Kemper MP (Sian Clifford) (Image: BBC\/Big Talk Studios \/Olly Courtney)<\/p>\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"component-image-image max-width margin-auto max-height-169\" data-testid=\"component-image-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/p0ndbr2p.jpg\" alt=\"Ben Ashenden in character as DC Ethan Cole folds his arms and looks at David Mitchell in character as John \u2018Ludwig\u2019 Taylor. \"\/><\/p>\n<p>    DC Ethan Cole (Ben Ashenden) and John \u2018Ludwig\u2019 Taylor (David Mitchell) (Image: BBC\/Big Talk Studios \/Amanda Searle)<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Ludwig series two (6&#215;60\u2019) is a Big Talk Studios production in association with That Mitchell And Webb Company, in co-production with BritBox and ZDF, for the BBC. It is produced in association with ITV Studios, which also handles international distribution. The series was commissioned for BBC One and BBC iPlayer by Jon Petrie, BBC Director of Comedy. Series two is again written by Mark Brotherhood, and the directors are George Kane (episodes 1,2 &amp; 3) and Stella Corradi (episodes 4, 5 &amp; 6). The executive producers are Kenton Allen and Toby Welch for Big Talk Studios, Mark Brotherhood, David Mitchell, Kathryn O\u2019Connor, Chris Sussman; Robert 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. The Commissioning Editors for the BBC are Gregor Sharp and Roya Eslami.<\/p>\n<p>MB<\/p>\n<p>Follow for more<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published: 07:00 pm, 15 April 2026 (Image: BBC\/Big Talk Studios \/Olly Courtney) First look pictures have been released&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":533044,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[96,391,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-533043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-tv","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=533043"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533043\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/533044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=533043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=533043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=533043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}