Ludwig In The Media

[SnarkShark]

TITLE*:   Ludwig (UK)

CATEGORY*:  Crime Drama

NETWORK:   BBC One

RELEASE DATE: September 25, 2024 (United Kingdom)

SYNOPSIS: Can accidental detective John 'Ludwig' Taylor crack the biggest puzzle of his life - finding his missing brother? Cryptic comedy drama with David Mitchell and Anna Maxwell Martin.

 

 

Edited November 12, 2024 by SnarkShark

[dargosmydaddy]

I enjoyed this even though I fell asleep on multiple episodes and needed to rewatch.

[SnarkShark]

I couldn't imagine David Mitchell in a detective show before this, but the end product makes a lot of sense.  He still manages a kind of silly befuddlement, while the surrounding show is reasonably serious.  

[AnimeMania]

Ludwig    March 20, 2025    BritBox    6 episodes

2 Episode Premiere

Puzzle setter John ‘Ludwig’ Taylor 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 and bring him home, Ludwig assumes his brother’s identity – but by taking over every aspect of James’s life, Ludwig is forced to confront his own issues.

Unlike Ludwig, James is no hermit. Far from it, in fact. He’s a family man who also just happens to be DCI of a busy inner-city major crimes team. For Ludwig, these are big shoes to fill, and playing dad to a ready-made family proves every bit as challenging as tackling the grisliest of crime scenes.

But Ludwig has one big advantage: his ability to see the world in puzzle form. Can this master of all things cryptic crack his biggest puzzle yet? 

Edited December 5, 2024 by AnimeMania

[SnarkShark]

People who write those blurbs often seem to have never actually been screened the show first.  Ludwig is just the character's pen name for when the puzzles are published.  The character doesn't use it otherwise.  Yes, the show is named that, but probably because "John" wouldn't make a very good show name. 

[Scatterbrained]

Saw the first season and LOVED it!  It’s a really great show!

Random thought: 

Spoiler

I wonder if the unsigned resignation notice was a signal to a trusted someone on the inside.  

[Scatterbrained]

Oh!  Another speculative thought:

Spoiler

What if he needs to “alert the press” in order to out the truths of the conspiracy but, instead of talking to the press, he uses his job as a puzzle setter to put the truth in a puzzle (either his own or his brother’s from the book) that readers solve?