Satirical novelist Jonathan Coe skewers many peculiarities of modern Britain in his latest book, The Proof Of My Innocence. “I don’t think there’s another country in the world that would take the subject of violent homicide and rebrand it as ‘cosy’,” says one character. “It’s very British, in some indefinable way.”
The announcement might not come as a surprise after 9.5 million tuned in over 28 days, making it the BBC’s biggest scripted series of 2024 so far.
Mitchell stars as the genius puzzle designer John Taylor, alias ‘Ludwig’, who's just as socially awkward as Mitchell's iconic Peep Show character Mark Corrigan, albeit much less toxic.
Series one saw John’s twin brother James (also Mitchell) disappear in strange circumstances, much to the dismay of James’ wife Lucy Betts-Taylor (Anna Maxwell Martin).
