Filming is underway on six-part BBC One detective series Ludwig, starring David Mitchell.

Mitchell plays two roles in the show, John ‘Ludwig’ Taylor and his identical twin, James

When James, disappears off the face of the earth, John takes over his brother’s 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. Without a computer, mobile phone or even a television, he lives in quiet solitude, designing puzzles for a living,
under the nom-de-plume of Ludwig. 

Joining Mitchell in the ‘case-of-the-week’ crime comedy-drama is Anna Maxwell Martin as Lucy Betts-Taylor, John’s sister-in-law.

Speaking about the show, Mitchell said: “I’m delighted to be working in a genre of television that I have loved ever since, at the age of 10, I started watching the Miss Marple adaptations, starring Joan Hickson, with my
parents. Sometimes the only thing that can bring the whole family together is murder.”