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The BBC’s new “genre-bending” detective comedy has begun filming. <\/p>

By Morgan Cormack\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Wednesday, 10 January 2024 at 16:31 PM<\/p>

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Filming is now under way on the BBC\u2019s latest detective series, Ludwig, which promises to bend the genre and has been described as a \u201ccase-of-the-week crime comedy-drama\u201d.<\/p>\n

Led by David Mitchell<\/a>, we now have our first look at the Would I Lie to You? comedian as John \u2018Ludwig\u2019 Taylor. In the series, Ludwig has assumed the identity of his missing identical twin brother, DCI James Taylor.<\/p>\n

The picture in question (above) is our first glimpse of the series and also offers a sneak peek of Cambridge\u2019s Bridge of Sighs in the background.<\/p>\n

Joining Mitchell in the series is Line of Duty<\/a> and Motherland<\/a> star Anna Maxwell Martin, who will be starring as Lucy Betts-Taylor, John\u2019s sister-in-law and wife of his missing brother James.<\/p>\n

There are further exciting cast announcements too, with Dipo Ola (We Hunt Together<\/a>), Gerran Howell (Suspicion<\/a>), Izuka Hoyle (Boiling Point<\/a>), Dylan Hughes (Malory Towers<\/a>), and Dorothy Atkinson (The Gold<\/a>) rounding things out.<\/p>\n

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According to the synopsis for the six-part series: \u201cWhen John \u2018Ludwig\u2019 Taylor\u2019s (David Mitchell) identical twin, James, disappears off the face of the earth, John takes over his brother\u2019s identity in a quest to discover his whereabouts. John has never married, never had a family and never really ventured further than his own front door.<\/p>\n

\u201cWithout a computer, mobile phone or even a television, he lives in quiet solitude, designing puzzles for a living, under the nom-de-plume of \u2018Ludwig\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cHowever, filling the shoes of your identical twin is one thing \u2013 when your twin also happens to be a successful DCI leading Cambridge\u2019s busy inner-city major crimes team, the stakes are much higher. John may be a master of all things cryptic, but can he crack the biggest puzzle of his life?\u201d<\/p>

The series was announced last year but with filming and further cast now announced, fans can start to get excited for the comedy-drama, with a release date to be announced in due course.<\/p>\n

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