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The great and the good of the U.K. TV industry have descended on London’s Royal Festival Hall for the British small screen’s biggest night of the year, the BAFTA TV Awards.

Among the shows up for awards are Netflix’s smash hit “Baby Reindeer,” Apple TV+’s acclaimed spy series “Slow Horses,” HBO/BBC financial series “Industry,” Disney+’s raunchy comedy “Rivals” and its Ira drama “Say Nothing” and the ITV drama “Mr. Bates vs. the Post Office.” On the performance front, the likes of Gary Oldman, David Tennant, Richard Gadd, Marisa Abela, Nicola Coughlan and Danny Dyer are nominated.

Hosted by Alan Cumming, the ceremony began with “Baby Reindeer,” “Slow Horses” and “Rivals” already leading the pack with two awards each from the BAFTA TV Craft awards held two weeks earlier.

See the list of winners as they’re updated below.

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Directed by Robert McKillop and Jill Robertson, Ludwig, the 6-episode BBC crime thriller, is the kind of series that keeps you hooked even till the very end. It is the story of a shy and timid but brilliant man who absolutely despised the idea of socializing with people and ended up battling his fears to find his missing twin brother. So let’s find out what happened in the Ludwig series and if John was able to find out what exactly happened to his brother.

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Why did Lucy call John for help?

In order to understand why it was so difficult for our protagonist, John Taylor, a genius puzzle solver, to step out of his home and go to his sister-in-law’s house, it is important to know the kind of man he was. John and James Taylor were twin brothers, and though they both were extremely talented and intelligent,...

Today, in celebration of National Puzzle Day, BritBox debuted the official trailer for its Original detective comedy Ludwig, which will premiere with two episodes on Thursday, March 20 followed by one new episode weekly through the April 17 finale.

The detective show broke viewership records in the UK, with more than 9.5 million viewers and a second season already confirmed.

In the series, puzzle setter John ‘Ludwig’ Taylor sees his life of solitude turned upside down when his identical twin brother, James, disappears without a trace. In a quest to track James down and bring him home, Ludwig assumes his brother’s identity – but by taking over every aspect of James’s life, Ludwig is forced to confront his issues.

Unlike Ludwig, James is no hermit. Far from it, in fact. He’s a family man who also just happens to be the Dci of a busy inner-city major crimes team.

For Ludwig,...

David Mitchell leads new BBC crime drama Ludwig, and the trailer for the show has landed. Anna Maxwell Martin co-stars.

David Mitchell has become a familiar face in UK comedy, whether trying to discern who’s telling the truth in Would I Lie To You? or as the uptight Mark Corrigan alongside long time comedy partner Robert Webb in Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain’s Peep Show.

He also took on the role of William Shakespeare in Ben Elton’s sitcom Upstart Crow, and reprised the role for a stage adaptation that opened in 2020 and then again when the play was restaged in 2022

Just as Alan Davies took a left turn from stand-up comedy to drama in David Renwick’s superb Jonathan Creek, Mitchell is now moving into the realm of crime drama to play the title role in six part BBC series Ludwig.

The synopsis reads as follows:

When...

“Summerwater,” a six-part drama series based on the novel by Sarah Moss, has been commissioned. The show is produced by Glasgow-based production company Freedom Scripted and adapted by screenwriter John Donnelly. Robert McKillop is set to direct the series, which offers a captivating and subversive portrait of modern Britain. “Summerwater” is set against the backdrop […]

“Summerwater,” New Six Part Drama Set for Channel 4...

Gillian Anderson is leading a Channel 4 drama adaptation of Louise Kennedy’s Women’s Prize for Fiction- shortlisted Trespasses.

The Scoop and Crown star will play Gina, the mother of protagonist Cushla, a ‘glorious wreck’ who is constantly sparring with her daughter.

Cushla is being played by Lola Petticrew (Bloodlands) and Tom Cullen is Michael, her love interest.

The novel is set in 1975 near Belfast, as Catholic schoolteacher Cushla meets the older Protestant married man, who often defends Ira suspects.

Trespasses is being produced by BAFTA award-winning and double Oscar-nominated Wildgaze Films and is being adapted for the screen in her first lead writing credit by Ailbhe Keogan. All3Media International is distributing. Filming starts in Belfast in the fall.

Anderson said: “I fell in love with Louise’s stunning book when I read it in proof. I was immediately drawn to the...

David Mitchell leads new BBC crime drama Ludwig, and the first details of the show have landed.

David Mitchell has become a familiar face in UK comedy, whether trying to discern who’s telling the truth in Would I Lie To You? or as the uptight Mark Corrigan alongside long time comedy partner Robert Webb in Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain’s Peep Show.

He also took on the role of William Shakespeare in Ben Elton’s sitcom Upstart Crow, and reprised the role for a stage adaptation that opened in 2020 and then again when the play was restaged in 2022

Just as Alan Davies took a left turn from stand-up comedy to drama in David Renwick’s superb Jonathan Creek, Mitchell is now moving into the realm of crime drama to play the title role in six part BBC series Ludwig.

The synopsis reads as follows:

When John ‘Ludwig’ Taylor’s (David Mitchell) identical twin,...

Jon Hamm and Daniel Radcliffe are reuniting for more "A Young Doctor's Notebook."

The new season of "A Young Doctor's Notebook," based on short stories by Mikhail Bulgakov, is set in the village of Muryevo in 1918 and picks up with the young doctor played by Radcliffe battling a morphine addiction, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

"I am also greatly looking forward to working with our new director, Robert McKillop, and cannot wait to commence filming this summer," Radcliffe said in a statement.

In the first season, Hamm and Radcliffe shared a bath for a scene.

Season 2 will air on Sky Arts 1 HD and On Demand in 2013.

A Young Doctor's Notebook will return to Sky Arts for a second series under the name A Young Doctor's Notebook & Other Stories.

Daniel Radcliffe and Jon Hamm will both reprise their roles when the show - based on the works of playwright Mikhail Bulgakov - returns as part of the channel's Playhouse Presents strand.

Radcliffe plays the younger self of Hamm's Russian doctor in the series, which picks up in the small village of Muryevo in 1918 with the character battling a morphine addiction.

Adam Godley will reprise his role as The Feldsher, with newcomer Margaret Clunie set to star as beautiful young aristocrat Natasha.

Hamm said of his return: "I'm thrilled to come back to our wonderful, weird, wild world of A Young Doctor's Notebook. Series one was an absolute blast to work on and I'm looking forward to continuing this bizarre adventure."

Radcliffe commented that he had "absolutely no...

The doctors are in, again. Jon Hamm and Daniel Radcliffe have signed on for a second series of A Young Doctor’s Notebook & Other Stories. The Big Talk Productions mini will return later this year on Sky Arts in the UK. The first four-part series originally aired in December 2012 and was the most successful program in Sky Arts history. Ovation will air series one this fall in the U.S. The adaptation of Mikhail Bulgakov’s short stories sees Hamm as a Russian doctor during the Russian Revolution, and Radcliffe as his younger self. The comedy-drama’s second series will return to the small village of Muryevo in 1918 to find the Young Doctor battling against an all-consuming morphine addiction. Under the critical gaze of his “clean” older self, the Young Doctor struggles to cope with life in the hospital, the Civil War, and the arrival of a beautiful young aristocrat...