‘Ludwig’ Season 2 Begins Filming: When Does It Premiere in the US?

Ludwig has officially begun production on Season 2, and there are new stars joining the fold! BritBox announced the start of production and Ludwig Season 2 cast on Thursday, September 4, in addition to sharing the first photo of star David Mitchell on set (see above).

The British detective series charmed viewers and critics alike with its easy balance of comedy and drama, focusing mainly on the comedy as Mitchell’s titular character, John “Ludwig” Taylor (a professional word puzzle creator), goes undercover as his missing detective twin brother. While searching for clues about his brother’s disappearance, Ludwig (real name John) discovered that legal mysteries are really just puzzles, which he was uniquely equipped to solve.

Ludwig‘s first season is comprised of six installments, which became available to audiences stateside on BritBox in March of 2025, roughly six months after its September 2024 debut in the U.K. on BBC One and BBC iPlayer. After raking in 9.5 million viewers across 28 days, it became BBC’s biggest new scripted series since 2022.

When will Ludwig be back for more? Here’s everything we know about the show’s future so far.

Will there be a Ludwig Season 2?

Yes! Ludwig was renewed for a second season by BBC One in October 2024. The series is created by Mark Brotherhood, who will be back for Season 2.

“I’m delighted that John ‘Ludwig’ Taylor has failed to escape the clutches of the Cambridge police and will have to continue to face up to the city’s alarming conundrum-based crime wave,” Mitchell said upon the renewal, per Radio Times.

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“The blend of top-tier British comic talent, a gripping mystery, and brilliantly crafted crime storylines had viewers hooked from day one. We had high hopes for Ludwig, and it’s safe to say this comedy-detective series with a twist has become a true standout,” Jon Petrie, BBC director of comedy commissioning, said. “We can’t thank Mark Brotherhood, David Mitchell, Anna Maxwell Martin, and the entire cast and crew enough for creating something so special. We’re eagerly awaiting series two, though it’s a bit of a shame we’ll have to spoil the surprises for ourselves by actually reading the scripts first!”

Mitchell told TV Insider what to expect with the missing brother timeline and how it will continue into the second season.

“The brother disappearance is an arc that goes across the whole series,” Mitchell revealed, “and there is some resolution of that, but that mystery continues because we’re making a second series.”

Is Ludwig Season 2 filming?

Yes, production began on September 4 in the U.K. BritBox shared a photo of Mitchell on the first day of filming to commemorate the start of production (see above).

Picking up from where things were left at the end of Season 1, master puzzle-setter “Ludwig” is now a Crime Scene Consultant working 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.

When does Ludwig Season 2 come out?

A Ludwig Season 2 U.K. premiere date has not yet been announced, but 2026 seems likely. If the U.S. release schedule follows the same timeline as Season 1, Season 2 could premiere in the U.S. about six months after its U.K. release.

Who is in the Ludwig cast?

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Mitchell will be back as the titular star in Season 2, as will Maxwell Martin as Ludwig’s sister-in-law and closest friend, Lucy. Lucy is James’ wife and is the one who convinced the reclusive John to assume his estranged brother’s identity in the first place. The pair continues to search for James throughout the season while John also solves his brother’s work mysteries.

Also returning for series two are Dipo Ola as DCI Russell Carter, 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. Joining the cast as series regulars are Mark Bonnar as newspaper editor, Gareth Fisher, Sian Clifford as local MP, Joanne Kemper, Ben Ashenden as DC Ethan Cole, and Rumi Sutton as DC Caitlin Sullivan.

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