whodunit

“Ludwig” is already a hit in the U.K., land of the upbeat whodunit, and its second season pickup can’t have been a surprise.

I loved the Southern Gothic vibe in this legal whodunit set in a small community outside Charleston, S.C.

How did you approach the “whodunit” aspect of the plot?

Its Waitrose supermarkets has a whodunit two-parter which leaves audiences on a cliffhanger, starring Succession's Matthew Macfadyen as a detective on the hunt to uncover who has stolen the family's red velvet cake.

In recent years, the 56-year-old has appeared in the Knives Out whodunit series as Benoit Blanc, an eccentric detective from the American South.