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Episode #1.1

Episode #1.1

2024TV Episode⏱️ 57m
ComedyCrimeDramaMystery
7.9
IMDB Rating
1,272 votes

Puzzle setter John 'Ludwig' Taylor's life is upended when his identical twin, DCI James Taylor, disappears. John reluctantly assumes his identity in order to track him down.

Director
Robert McKillop
Writers
N/A
Stars
David Mitchell, Anna Maxwell Martin, Dipo Ola
Release Date
March 20, 2025
Language
English
Country
United Kingdom
💬 8
Reviews
📽️ View on IMDB

🎭 Top Cast

David Mitchell
David Mitchell
as John Taylor
Anna Maxwell Martin
Anna Maxwell Martin
as Lucy Betts-Taylor
Dipo Ola
Dipo Ola
as DI Russell Carter
Sophie Willan
Sophie Willan
as Holly Pinder
Gerran Howell
Gerran Howell
as DC Simon Evans
Izuka Hoyle
Izuka Hoyle
as DS Alice Finch
Dylan Hughes
Dylan Hughes
as Henry Betts-Taylor
Ralph Ineson
Ralph Ineson
as Chief Constable Ziegler
Dorothy Atkinson
Dorothy Atkinson
as DCS Carol Shaw
Mia Austen
Mia Austen
as Jane

🎬 Technical Specs

Color
Color
Production
BBC Television, BBC, Big Talk Productions

🏷️ Keywords

notebookdetective chief inspectorseries premierewitness interviewteenager

🎯 Categories

ComedyCrimeDramaMystery

⭐ Featured Review

Episode 1
by Prismark102024-09-25
7/10

"Detective shows are ten a penny. Watch enough of them and they blend into one. A reason why the likes of Sherlock and Jonathan Creek stick out. Going by the first episode Ludwig might well be joining them. John Taylor (David Mitchell) is the fastidious, shy, introverted puzzle setter. When his twin brother James Taylor, a cop disappears. James wife Lucy approaches her brother in law with a proposition. Just get inside the Cambridge police station and retrieve her husband's notebook. It could help solve James's disappearance. Reluctantly John agrees but when he goes inside the sta..."

💡 Did You Know?

In keeping with the theme of Beethoven, the composer whose given name is the title of the programme, the underlying background music is a reworking of Beethoven's 7th symphony 2nd movement allegretto.

📖 Synopsis

Puzzle setter John 'Ludwig' Taylor's life is upended when his identical twin, DCI James Taylor, disappears. John reluctantly assumes his identity in order to track him down.