Star of hit detective series reveals more about season 2

The series set in Cambridge starring Peep Show actor David Mitchell has been a huge hit for the BBC.

The channel has announced that season 2 is due to be screened later this year, but has not yet provided any dates.

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David Mitchell will return as John ‘Ludwig’ Taylor, while Anna Maxwell Martin will also be back as his sister-in-law, Lucy Betts-Taylor.

Best known for his role in the comedy Peep Show, David Mitchell was born in Headington and was a pupil at Abingdon School, before going to university at Oxford University’s New College.

Series one of the detective drama was a hit in 2024, becoming the channel’s biggest new scripted show since 2022. It attracted more than 9.5 million viewers across 28 days.

The cast of Ludwig (Image: BBC/Big Talk Studios/Olly Courtney)

Mr Mitchell’s co-star Anna Maxwell Martin who plays Lucy, the wife of a missing detective who enlists his puzzle-loving twin brother (both played by David Mitchell) to solve the mystery, has confirmed that filming has now finished for season 2.

She told the Radio Times: “Season 2 is cracking. It’s really, really good.

“I can’t tell you anything because my mind’s gone blank and I’ll probably be killed and I don’t know what I’m allowed to tell you!

“But what I can say is it’s really, really good, I think it’s even better than season 1.”

David Mitchell, Anna Maxwell Martin and Dylan Hughes (Image: BBC/Big Talk Studios/lly Courtney)

She added: “I think we’ve sort of built on what we had, and we’ve made it even better.”

Mr Mitchell previously spoke about season 2, saying: “When you watch the second series, you realise there’s still quite a lot of obfuscation involved in his role, because not everyone in the police force is entirely on side with his appointment.

“And of course, he’s still got to cover up the fact that for a long time he was solving cases while impersonating a police officer. And if that ever gets out, well, five murderers will walk free, and he won’t walk free himself.”

During the first series John Taylor became surprisingly adept at solving murders, despite his lack of experience.

Sian Clifford as Joanne Kemper MP (Image: BBC/Big Talk Studios)

The synopsis for season two, which has once again been written by show creator Mark Brotherhood, says: “Picking up from the end of series one, master puzzle-setter John ‘Ludwig’ Taylor (Mitchell) is now a crime scene consultant, working alongside DCI Russell Carter 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.”

It adds: “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.”