LUDWIG - wed bbc 1 9pm - TV PACE NO SPOILERS

[Blondeshavemorefun]

New series on weekly - thanks @mum2jakie for the shout out

Puzzle setter John ‘Ludwig’ Taylor’s life is upended when his identical twin, DCI James Taylor, disappears in the new series coming to BBC iPlayer and BBC One

When John ‘Ludwig’ Taylor’s (David Mitchell) identical twin, James, disappears off the face of the earth, John takes over his brother’s identity in a quest to discover his whereabouts.

John has never married, never had a family and never really ventured further than his own front door.

Without a computer, mobile phone or even a television, he lives in quiet solitude, designing puzzles for a living, under the nom-de-plume of ‘Ludwig’.

However, filling the shoes of your identical twin is one thing - when your twin also happens to be a successful DCI leading Cambridge’s busy inner-city major crimes team the stakes are much higher.

John may be a master of all things cryptic, but can he crack the biggest puzzle of his life?

Joining David Mitchell in the ‘case-of-the-week’ crime comedy-drama is Anna Maxwell Martin (Motherland, Line of Duty), as Lucy Betts-Taylor, John’s sister-in-law and wife of his missing brother James.

Also joining the cast are Dipo Ola (Landscapers, We Hunt Together), Gerran Howell (Catch-22, Suspicion), Izuka Hoyle (Boiling Point, Big Boys), Dylan Hughes (Malory Towers, Maternal), and Dorothy Atkinson (Mum, The Gold).

I think fundamentally it’s about the murders and the puzzle solving.

I think that’s what is so escapist and satisfying about this genre, the light meringue of a pleasing plot.

Another thing that I like about it is that it’s not gritty. It is cosy murder of the old school. So even though the crime at the centre would be an absolute abomination if it happened in real life, we all benefit from the murder-mystery convention - if you like, the Agatha Christie tradition – so we don’t dwell on what murder really is, on the horrific nature of the crime.

We focus on the context and the mystery and the play of human emotions that leads to it.

In Ludwig we don’t dwell on the fact that it’s murder any more than in a game of Cluedo you’d start thinking, ‘But how awful for Doctor Black’s family. He must be so missed.’

Loved loved loved this - DH and I binge watched alll 6 this weekend

There’s a thread with spoilers for people who have binge watched here https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/telly_addicts/5173881-ludwig

@Blondeshavemorefun you might want to add the link to the original post? I think you have to report, or maybe it lets you edit.

Where is the spoilers thread because I and, evidently, @Tinysoxxx need it.

Oops sorry it was late and didn’t realise as by the time i read the whole thread with people saying they binged it, I forgot the thread pace. Apologies - I will ask to get my post deleted. I hadn’t seen the other thread so thanks for the link.

Read the title of the thread !!!

Tv pace no spoilers !!!!

I'm Glad I didn't see them.

I can't edit post as on the app

But people should be able to read when says tv pace no spoilers and the fact I've said a couple of times on e1

Cross posts

Thank for the apology @Tinysoxxx

So far episode 1 would be. There is a murder in ep 1 but not too grisly.

@Jigsawpuzzled Trigger and spoiler warning for things that are shown through the different episodes:

These are a list of triggers but I have hopefully done it in a way that it doesn’t spoil the plot:

The aftermath of a hanging (dangling feet).
A person falling from a height (waving arms and legs) and the sound of them hitting the ground and their face afterwards (several times).
Mentions of suicide.
Several bodies with close up of face (open eyes) and blood from their heads or chest. One time see a woman dying bleeding out.
Knife with blood on it.
No sex.
Brief alluding to staff-pupil relationship but not graphic.
Criminal overuse of the word ‘guv’.

All the above is done in a ‘light’ stylised tone along the lines of Death in Paradise. I would guess the most graphic for most people would be the body hitting the ground.

As for the above being spoilers I would say that having experienced a particular traumatic death of a relative, it is a relief to be able to watch a series pre-knowing what’s going to be a trigger so you can prepare mentally for it or realise it’s not on the list so you can relax.

I admit I don't like seeing hanging ever since I found dh

I always avert mr eyes if I see on screen

Silly I know as makes no diff to me and it's not a trigger as such

But I still don't like seeing as guess reminds me of finding dh

Not that that image is something I will ever be able to forget !!!

I watched it with my y7 boy and we both enjoyed it.

Oh gosh Blondes I'm so sorry to hear that you had to go through that. And I'm not surprised. I have various triggers that still set me off.

I am really sorry Blondes. I have exactly the same problem. That’s why I was wanting to say it in as detailed but not graphic way as possible. Ludwig not too bad as it goes- you should be alright. I find the CommonSense Media website was really good for my children at the time for me to vet stuff. Happy Valley was horrific. I think you’re doing brilliantly Blonde for you just to avert your eyes - it’s taken me a long time to get to this point.

Apologies for the derail - but I am very much keen on saying about trigger warnings when posters ask.

Thank you @Milkandacookie

@Tinysoxxx sorry to hear you have found and experiences the same

It's taken my many years - was 2011 and even 13yrs on I still can't watch anything to do with hanging or swinging dead bodies but just shutting eyes quickly seems to work

Luckily tv doesn't seem to show too long swinging bodies

Tho a few in handmaidens

There was a bit of that (similar to The Handmaid's Tale) in the ep of Kaos I watched last night.

Crap isn’t it. Takes the enjoyment of escapism out of it as you’re always slightly on guard. Even pops up in Disney’s Tangled which I naively chose to put on with the kids the day after.

As I said, this one is ‘bearable’ as far as they go. We make a joke about the ubiquitousness of it in anything.

Started a spoiler thread for us binge watchers
It's on telly addicts.
Can't do links
No spoilers on here
Thanks

Cheers @the80sweregreat

E2 on tonight

On a mission to crack the code in his twins notebook John returns to the police station

And sure gets involved in another case /murder /dissapearence etx

Quick wee before this starts

Really enjoyed e1

We’re watching it now too.

Anna M-M's hair looks a bit better this week.

I like a mystery

And will we find out what the Sinclair project was

Wet crunch

Got to love bbc and their subtitles