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NEW COMEDY DRAMA
Ludwig
Wed, 9pm, BBC1 (box set, iPlayer)
A socially awkward technophobe swaps puzzle-setting for crimesolving in BBC1’s ingenious new comedy drama Ludwig.
The six-parter stars David Mitchel as sharp-minded, Beethoven-lovin John Taylor, who rarely leaves his home, where he compiles puzzles under the pseudonym ‘Ludwig’. His sheltered life is thrown into turmoil, however, when his sister-in-law Lucy (Anna Maxwell Martin) needs his help to locate her husband James, John’s twin, a Cambridge-based detective who has mysteriously vanished.
John reluctantly assumes James’ identity to infiltrate the police station where his brother works and look for clues, but, as he tries to avoid getting caught out by James’ colleagues, John also finds himself using his puzzling skills to investigate a range of baffling crimes.
Here, in an exclusive chat with TV&Satellite Week, Mitchell, 50, tells us what to expect…
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