--- title: 'BritBox Debuts First Look at Season Two of Award-Winning Comedy Detective Series Ludwig, Starring David Mitchell and Anna Maxwell Martin' url: 'https://press.britbox.com/post/britbox-debuts-first-look-at-season-two-of-award-winning-comedy-' author: 'BritBox Media Room' published: '2026-04-15T18:00:00+00:00' updated: '2026-05-07T18:41:37+00:00' description: "Photo credit: Amanda Searle & Olly Courtney, Courtesy of BritBoxDownload Season 2 First-Look Photos HEREAssets from Season 1 Available\_ HERE" image: 'https://frontend-assets.clipsource.com/6836bb16d5901/bri-6836bb207c411/2026/04/15/69dfba141079b_thumbnail.jpeg' category: Britbox language: en --- # BritBox Debuts First Look at Season Two of Award-Winning Comedy Detective Series Ludwig, Starring David Mitchell and Anna Maxwell Martin ![](https://frontend-assets.clipsource.com/6836bb16d5901/bri-6836bb207c411/2026/04/15/69dfba141079b_thumbnail.jpeg) *****Photo credit: Amanda Searle & Olly Courtney, Courtesy of BritBox*** Download Season 2 First-Look Photos [HERE](https://press.britbox.com/mediabank/collection/69cd8add624ea/files/) Assets from Season 1 Available  [HERE](https://press.britbox.com/mediabank/collection/69cd8ad5c37c7/files/)** Today, BritBox released first look images for the second season of the acclaimed detective series *Ludwig*, starring **David Mitchell** and **Anna Maxwell Martin**, which will air later this year on BritBox. The photos feature a first preview of new series regulars **Mark Bonnar** and **Sian Clifford**, who join the cast this season. Picking up from the end of season one, master puzzle-setter John ‘Ludwig’ Taylor (**David Mitchell**) is now a Crime Scene Consultant, working alongside DCI Russell Carter (**Dipo Ola**), 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. 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. One masquerade may have ended, but a new one has just begun. Joining the cast as series regulars are **Mark Bonnar** (*Dept. Q, Guilt*) as newspaper editor Gareth Fisher, **Sian Clifford** (*Fleabag, The Ballad of Wallis Island*) as local MP, Joanne Kemper, **Ben Ashenden** (*Deep Cover, Black Mirror*) as DC Ethan Cole, and **Rumi Sutton** (*After the Flood, Mutiny*) as DC Caitlin Sullivan. Returning cast include **Dylan Hughes** as Henry Betts-Taylor, **Dorothy Atkinson** as DCS Carol Shaw, **Ralph Ineson** as Chief Constable Ziegler, and **Karl Pilkington** as DI Matt Neville. *Ludwig* is created and written by **Mark Brotherhood** and produced by Big Talk Studios (part of ITV Studios), in collaboration with That Mitchell and Webb Company.  Season one of the binge-worthy comedy-drama is BritBox's biggest scripted series launch to date. *Ludwig* season two (6x60’) is a Big Talk Studios production in association with That Mitchell And Webb Company, in co-production with BritBox and ZDF, for the BBC. It is produced in association with ITV Studios, which also handles international distribution. The series was commissioned for BBC One and BBC iPlayer by **Jon Petrie**, BBC Director of Comedy. Season two is again written by **Mark Brotherhood**, and the directors are **George Kane** (episodes 1,2 & 3) and **Stella Corradi** (episodes 4, 5 & 6). The executive producers are **Kenton Allen** and **Toby Welch** for Big Talk Studios, **Mark Brotherhood**, **David Mitchell**, **Kathryn O’Connor**, **Chris Sussman**; **Robert Schildhouse** and **Stephen Nye** for BritBox; and **Claus Wunn** and **Frank Seyberth** for ZDF. The producer is **Georgie Fallon,** with **Anya Wilson** serving as co-producer. The Commissioning Editors for the BBC are **Gregor Sharp** and **Roya Eslami.** The first season of Ludwig is available to stream on BritBox. **Press Contacts Alana McGaughey [alana.mcgaughey@britbox.com ](mailto:alana.mcgaughey@britbox.com)Natalie Speck [Natalie.Speck@BritBox.com ](mailto:Natalie.Speck@BritBox.com)Tori Chin ID Public Relations [BritBox@id-pr.com ](mailto:BritBox@id-pr.com)The TARO Group (Canada) **