It’s always very difficult for me to find a show, film or series that I can actually watch. For some reason, during the past 10-15 years, I just can’t watch many of the popular shows. Either they include too much gore or the pacing is chaotic, the plot is weird etc. I end up going back to series that are decades old that I have already watched far too many times.
But Ludwig is one of these different shows. It has an intelligent and entertaining plot. It’s both easy to watch and yet not chaotic. It’s filmed in Cambridge, a city with incredibly beautiful sceneries. What’s astonishing is that, somehow, I can understand the accent of the actors, just as well as any American accent. Usually, British series have a very strong accent and yet I actually thought the show was American in the beginning. Turns out, the actors are all British (the major ones I checked at least).
Ludwig is a detective, mystery, comedy drama. Without spoiling anything, the detective uses the famous Agatha Christie’s way of resolving crimes. He invites every suspect to a meeting and solves it in front of everyone. That feels more like flattery towards Hercules Poirot than cheap imitation.
There is much more to the premise of the show though, which becomes apparent from the first episode. The first season was a delight to watch and, hopefully, the second one will reveal even more interesting plot twists.
I don’t want to spoil anything (and I won’t) but this is definitely a show for people who like puzzles. Puzzle games, riddles etc. It’s not a masterpiece of riddles, but it is very entertaining.
The series was first broadcast on BBC one in the UK. In Greece, it is available through the streaming platform Cinobo. I had no idea this even existed, but it’s a Greek platform similar to Netflix, just with more interesting shows 🙃. The show appears to be available on Amazon Prime as well, but not for Greece.