# David Mitchell's new show "Ludwig" on BBC **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted\ **Created:** [September 29, 2024, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-mitchells-new-show-ludwig-on-bbc/1008236 "2024-09-29T11:01:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2025, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-mitchells-new-show-ludwig-on-bbc/1008236/41 "2025-09-07T05:44:05Z")
I guess it will be a long wait to see it, because season 2 of _Ludwig_ has only just begun shooting. > **[Ludwig series two begins filming as David Mitchell’s smash hit award-winning...](https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/2025/ludwig-begins-filming-series-two)** > > Joining David Mitchell and Anna Maxwell Martin are Mark Bonnar and Sian Clifford as series regulars ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2025, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-mitchells-new-show-ludwig-on-bbc/1008236/42 "2025-09-07T06:31:11Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > I guess it will be a long wait to see it, because season 2 of _Ludwig_ has only just begun shooting. > > [Ludwig series two begins filming as David Mitchell’s smash hit award-winning comedy detective series returns](https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/2025/ludwig-begins-filming-series-two) Hopefully not too long. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2025, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-mitchells-new-show-ludwig-on-bbc/1008236/43 "2025-09-07T17:57:24Z")
And hopefully with **more** than 3 episodes. (Pissed us off, that did!) ---
**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2025, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-mitchells-new-show-ludwig-on-bbc/1008236/44 "2025-09-07T19:16:26Z")
> "And the Lord spake, saying, _''First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count,”_ - Python There were six episodes, unless BBC or UK box America combined some. All six were just under an hour though the sixth may have been a tad longer. ETA: And as per usual with UK series (American: seasons) there are six expected this time too. So I’m hoping some before Christmas. BBC has been showing eps of “Upstart Crow” which I miss too. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2025, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-mitchells-new-show-ludwig-on-bbc/1008236/45 "2025-09-08T02:09:46Z")
I watched Ludwig a couple of weeks ago on Britbox and enjoyed it, though it’s not much of a stretch for David Mitchell to play an introvert. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2025, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-mitchells-new-show-ludwig-on-bbc/1008236/46 "2025-09-08T16:56:16Z")
> [@Bumbazine](#): > > And hopefully with **more** than 3 episodes. > > (Pissed us off, that did!) Regarding **Ludwig** Mea culpa, mea maxima culpa! I was thinking of another series altogether. Sorry. Please, just forget I was ever here. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2026, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-mitchells-new-show-ludwig-on-bbc/1008236/47 "2026-07-09T05:51:02Z")
Ludwig has been renewed for series 3 even before series 2 has aired. Which we also don’t know when that will be. > **[Ludwig commissioned for third series](https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2026/ludwig-series-3-commissioned)** > > David Mitchell will return as ‘Ludwig', alongside Anna Maxwell Martin as Lucy Betts-Taylor ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2026, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-mitchells-new-show-ludwig-on-bbc/1008236/48 "2026-07-09T16:20:29Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Which we also don’t know when that will be. BBC says August > **[BBC One - Ludwig, First Look: Series 2](https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002y3f1)** > > Coming August. David Mitchell returns as the accidental, puzzle-obsessed detective ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2026, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-mitchells-new-show-ludwig-on-bbc/1008236/49 "2026-07-09T16:48:47Z")
Googling, it will be available to Americans on Britbox some unspecified time later. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2026, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-mitchells-new-show-ludwig-on-bbc/1008236/50 "2026-07-09T17:07:07Z")
I watched it on BritBox and loved it. I am rather addicted to all sorts of puzzles. I also love WILTY but never connected them until I read this thread. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2026, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-mitchells-new-show-ludwig-on-bbc/1008236/51 "2026-07-10T01:57:49Z")
> [@Die\_Capacitrix](#): > > BBC says August Seems like a lot of UK shows have been waiting for after the World Cup to finish. There may be a lot of new and returning series coming very soon. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2026, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-mitchells-new-show-ludwig-on-bbc/1008236/52 "2026-08-12T11:17:21Z")
Trailer’s here. Series 2 starts in the UK on August 20th. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/sGdf_Yzv-sc/maxresdefault.jpg "LUDWIG Season 2 Official Trailer (2026) David Mitchell") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGdf_Yzv-sc) ---
**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2026, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-mitchells-new-show-ludwig-on-bbc/1008236/53 "2026-08-21T01:29:40Z")
We watched the first two episodes (one “live” on BBC1 and the other on iPlayer). Hopefully not too spoiler-ish: The dynamic and intrigue of the show has by need shifted as Ludwig is no longer secretly impersonating his brother, as he puts it they’d all get in legal trouble if that were known. Chief Constable Ziegler has been in both shows yet his duties have changed and I reckon something secretive is up with him. ---
**Author:** ![WotNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@WotNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WotNot)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2026, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-mitchells-new-show-ludwig-on-bbc/1008236/54 "2026-08-21T10:13:26Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Seems like a lot of UK shows have been waiting for after the World Cup to finish. There may be a lot of new and returning series coming very soon. It’s not really specific to the World Cup, this is just normal British TV programming. The Summer has always been a season of sports, Light Entertainment, and repeats. Anything worthwhile premieres at the beginning of Autumn, Winter or Spring. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2026, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-mitchells-new-show-ludwig-on-bbc/1008236/55 "2026-08-21T20:13:29Z")
Our latest information, which may or may not be true, is that season 2 will not appear in the U.S. until Oct. 13th. Please be careful of your spoilers. ---
**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2026, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-mitchells-new-show-ludwig-on-bbc/1008236/56 "2026-08-22T06:12:18Z")
Not much longer than here. Only one “aired” on BBC Thursday with a pause in iPlayer till the other two are shown here. Three more will arrive in Sept at some interval. Stephen Merchant is in the next. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2026, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-mitchells-new-show-ludwig-on-bbc/1008236/57 "2026-10-22T22:34:18Z")
Stephen Merchant being an arrogant prat is right in his wheelhouse, and is great fun. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2026, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-mitchells-new-show-ludwig-on-bbc/1008236/58 "2026-10-23T00:48:54Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > Stephen Merchant being an arrogant prat is right in his wheelhouse, and is great fun And Karl Pilkington! I should’ve recognized him in earlier episodes. ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2026, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-mitchells-new-show-ludwig-on-bbc/1008236/59 "2026-10-23T14:12:18Z")
Hopefully we’re past spoilers for series 1… The big conundrum is what James is doing. He seemed to flee for his own safety and asked his family to follow. But in ensuing episodes his Oz-like actions show a manipulation of John and Lucy for his yet unknown purpose. The Sinclair case and files are (probably) a core part of this. And the implications that Ziegler wants them suppressed and James wants them disclosed. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2026, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-mitchells-new-show-ludwig-on-bbc/1008236/60 "2026-10-23T20:04:04Z")
The only episode of series 2 that I came away from going “Uh… what?” was the Sushi Train one. But it also was one of the funniest of this series, so it saved itself. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-mitchells-new-show-ludwig-on-bbc/1008236.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-mitchells-new-show-ludwig-on-bbc/1008236.md?page=4)