The BBC has announced a very special guest star for this year’s festive episode of Ludwig.
Following the second season of the Emmy Award-winning detective series, David Mitchell and Anna Maxwell Martin will be joined by none other than Sir David Suchet, the much-loved actor behind one of TV’s most iconic detectives, Hercule Poirot.
This time, however, Suchet will be playing a murder suspect rather than doing the investigating!
“It was an absolute pleasure to work alongside David Mitchell and the wonderful ensemble cast,” he commented.
“It made quite the refreshing change to be playing a suspect rather than the detective, and to sit comfortably in my armchair while David delivered the denouement. I had a thoroughly enjoyable time.”
Other guest stars in the Christmas special will include Jason Flemyng, Joe Wilkinson, Cathy Tyson, Alexandra Roach and Kiell Smith-Bynoe.
Ludwig star David Mitchell revealed: “I have long been a huge admirer of Sir David Suchet’s work and have watched every episode of Poirot several times, so it was a dream come true for me when he agreed to appear in the Christmas Special.
“He was an absolute joy to work and spend time with – funny, interesting and generous – and his performance in the programme is wonderful,” Mitchell added.
Set in Yorkshire, the 60-minute special sees John, Lucy and Henry arrive at a remote Christmas themed hotel for what should have been a much-needed escape, when a sudden blackout turns the festivities into a locked-room murder mystery.
Trapped by a blizzard and cut off from the outside world, the guests must spend the night with a killer in their midst. With John reluctantly pulled into one of his strangest puzzles yet, the race is on for the Taylors to solve the crime before Christmas.
A third season of Ludwig is currently in production and will premiere on BBC One in 2027.
