Ludwig season 2 gets exciting update - plus Fleabag star is confirmed to be joining the cast
Mark Bonnar and Sian Clifford are two of the stars set to play new key roles in season 2.
As fans of David Mitchell get ready to watch his new sketch show on Channel 4 this Friday, they just got a big new update on one of his other popular projects, Ludwig.
It has been announced that filming has officially begun on the second season of the BBC comedy-drama detective series, with Mitchell returning alongside fellow cast members Anna Maxwell Martin, Dipo Ola, Dylan Hughes, Dorothy Atkinson, Ralph Ineson and Karl Pilkington.
Notable absences from the list of returnees currently announced include DC Simon Evans star Gerran Howell and DS Alice Finch star Izuka Hoyle.
However, a new set of series regulars have also been announced for season 2, with Dept Q star Mark Bonnar set to play newspaper editor Gareth Fisher and Fleabag's Sian Clifford set to play local MP Joanne Kemper.
Meanwhile, Black Mirror's Ben Ashenden and After the Flood's Rumi Sutton are both joining as part of the police team, playing DC Ethan Cole and DC Caitlin Sullivan respectively.
The synopsis for season 2 says: Picking up from where things were left at the end of series one, master puzzle-setter John ‘Ludwig’ Taylor (David Mitchell) is now a Crime Scene Consultant working 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."
Earlier this year, Mitchell told The Hollywood Reporter that his and the team's "hope and aim is to give more of the same: the ongoing, intriguing narrative and the same weekly, resolved mystery". However, he refused to divulge any other details, saying: "I’m big on going into a programme knowing only the bare minimum because surprise is a huge part of entertainment."
Ludwig season 1 is available to stream on BBC iPlayer.
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James Hibbs is a Drama Writer for Radio Times, covering programmes across both streaming platforms and linear channels. He previously worked in PR, first for a B2B agency and subsequently for international TV production company Fremantle. He possesses a BA in English and Theatre Studies and an NCTJ Level 5 Diploma in Journalism.
