Line of Duty star teaming up with David Mitchell for new BBC crime drama
Line of Duty star Anna Maxwell Martin has teamed up with Peep Show's David Mitchell for the new BBC crime drama Ludwig.
The series follows a man who assumes the identity of his missing twin brother, a high-flying DCI based in Cambridge. Filming for the six-part detective series is now underway.
"When John 'Ludwig' Taylor's (Mitchell) identical twin, James, disappears off the face of the earth, John takes over his brother's identity in a quest to discover his whereabouts," reads the official synopsis for the series.
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"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'."
The synopsis continued: "However, filling the shoes of your identical twin is one thing — when your twin also happens to be a successful DCI leading Cambridge's 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?"
Maxwell Martin will play John's sister-in-law and wife of his missing brother James. The cast also includes Boiling Point's Izuke Hoyle, Landscapers' Dipo Ola, Suspicion's Gerran Howell, Dylan Hughes and Dorothy Atkinson.
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Mitchell shared his excitement for the series in a statement, saying: "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."
This isn't Maxwell Martin's only upcoming mystery drama, though. The Motherland actress is set to appear in BBC Three's upcoming whodunit A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, alongside Wednesday's Emma Myers.
Ludwig doesn't have a release date yet. Line of Duty is streaming on BBC iPlayer, and DVD and Blu-ray boxsets are also available to buy now.
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