Ludwig, starring David Mitchell, has just landed on BBC iPlayer and fans are already desperate for a second series of the murder mystery series

David Mitchell throws his hat into the ring with BBC One's new murder-mystery "Ludwig" and is a "natural fit" as an "accidental detective". In fact, this could "be the most fun you have watching TV this autumn".

Loosely billed as a comedy drama, Ludwig is a police procedural with a twist. Ludwig leads a happily solitary life, which is spectacularly disrupted when his identical twin brothe

Comedian and actor David Mitchell plays John 'Ludwig' Taylor who is lured out of his home after his identical twin brother James vanishes

Yet that’s precisely what’s required of John in Ludwig, a new BBC comedy-mystery series starring David Mitchell. Working well within his comfort zone, he plays John like a not-so distant relative of Mark Corrigan,

Starring David Mitchell as the drippy cruciverbalist-turned-reluctant crime solver, Ludwig is indeed cosy, tortuous, and, yes, more than a little bit naff. The story begins with John immersed in a life of hermetic serenity;