Puzzle Master Turned Sleuth: David Mitchell-Led Comedic Mystery “Ludwig” Headlines BritBox’s March Lineup

Steven Moffat’s ‘Douglas is Cancelled’ arrives to BritBox; Hugh Bonneville and Karen Gillan spar in poignant newsroom miniseries

Puzzle master by trade. Detective by accident. BAFTA-winner David Mitchell (Peep Show) stars as puzzle creator turned detective in Ludwig. The comedic crime procedural premieres in North America on BritBox, March 20.

Emmy®-nominee Hugh Bonneville (Downton Abbey) and Karen Gillan (Doctor Who) star as co-anchors navigating twenty-first century gender politics and the repercussions of ‘cancel culture.’ From writer Steven Moffat (Sherlock), Douglas is Cancelled premieres March 6 on BritBox.

Best known for his role as Hercule Poirot, BAFTA-nominee Sir David Suchet (Poirot) embarks on an international trek to retrace the steps of world-renowned crime novelist Agatha Christie. Travels with Agatha Christie & Sir David Suchet is launches on BritBox March 8.

Lost Boys and Fairies follows Sion Daniel Young (Slow Horses) and Fra Free’s (Les Misérables) journey to adopt and overcome past trauma. The groundbreaking family drama is available to stream on BritBox March 4.

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February 16, 2025: EE BAFTA Film Awards 2025 | North America Premiere, BritBox Exclusive | 1 x 120′ | Live

David Tennant hosts the 2025 EE BAFTA Film Awards, Britain’s biggest night in film. Join this star-studded ceremony showcasing and honoring world-class talent for their outstanding achievements in film. Streaming on BritBox in North America.

February 17, 2025: A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story | BritBox Original, North America Premiere, BritBox Exclusive | 4 x 60′ | 2x weekly on release, then weekly

Compelling true crime drama telling the hidden story of Ruth Ellis and exposing the timeless British obsessions of class, sex, and death. Set in 1955 in the glamorous and intoxicating world of London club-land, Ruth (Lucy Boynton, Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?) found acclaim, aged 28, as the capital’s youngest club manager. But her success soon unraveled as she became entwined in an abusive relationship with racing driver David Blakely (Laurie Davidson, Mary & George). On trial for his murder, Ruth was condemned to die by a system that judged her for far more than her crime.

Full March listings

March 1, 2025: Misbehaviour (2020) | New to BritBox | 1 x 120′ | All at Once

In 1970, the Miss World competition took place in London, hosted by US comedy legend, Bob Hope (Greg Kinnear, Black Bird). Claiming that beauty competitions demeaned women, the newly formed Women’s Liberation Movement achieved overnight fame by invading the stage.

March 4, 2025: Lost Boys and Fairies S1 | North America Premiere | 3 x 60′ | All at Once

Lost Boys and Fairies is a glittering, moving, and groundbreaking drama, set in Cardiff, exploring the universal theme of parents and children through the perspective of gay adoption. Gabriel (Sion Daniel Young, Slow Horses) is a performance artist extraordinaire at spectacular queer club space Neverland. Together with his partner, Andy (Fra Free, Les Misérables), he longs to take their relationship to the next level by adopting a child. We follow Gabe on a coming of middle-age journey as he faces his own childhood trauma so he can help Jake deal with his own. Fusing queer culture with powerful family drama, Lost Boys and Fairies is bold and heart-wrenching, filled to the brim with humour, redemption, and love.

March 6, 2025: Douglas is Cancelled S1 | BritBox Original, North America Premiere | 4 x 60′ | 2x Weekly

Journalist Douglas Bellowes’ (Hugh Bonneville, Downton Abbey) life implodes after a tweet about him allegedly making a sexist joke goes viral – in this provocative comedy-drama from acclaimed writer Steven Moffat (Sherlock). Douglas and Madeline (Karen Gillan, Doctor Who) are co-hosts on a popular current affairs show. Madeline is young and sharp, Douglas middle-aged and highly respected. But a single tweet, claiming Douglas told a sexist joke at a recent wedding, tears Douglas’s life apart. With the help of editor Toby (Ben Miles, The Crown), wife Sheila (Alex Kingston, Doctor Who) and agent Bentley (Simon Russell Beale, Vanity Fair), Douglas tries to save his career. Is he truly guilty – or a victim of cancel culture? And exactly how is co-host Madeline caught up in it all? An outstanding cast, including Hugh Bonneville and Karen Gillan, star in this timely series about gender politics and trial by social media.

March 8, 2025: Travels With Agatha Christie & Sir David Suchet S1) | BritBox Original, North America Premiere | 5 x 45′ | All at Once

Touching, insightful, humorous, and fascinating, this series sees national treasure Sir David Suchet (Poirot) travel around the world, following in the footsteps of the Queen of mystery, Dame Agatha Christie. Before becoming the world’s best-selling author, Agatha Christie embarked upon a world tour in 1922 at age 31. Her ten-month itinerary of the then British Empire took her across South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada, along with a holiday to Hawaii. Perceptions of Agatha Christie’s character tend to be dominated by the persona she adopted in public life, when she was seen as a shy individual who disliked fame. But this was a defensive wall erected by Agatha. Now, 100 years on, this journey is an opportunity for Sir David, and all fans of the author, to discover a lesser-known Agatha – the woman she really was. And through recreating her surprising and fascinating journey, he’ll also have a unique chance to explore the history and complex legacy of the British Empire.

March 14-28, 2025: I Literally Just Told You S1-2 | North America Premiere | 5 x 60′ & 5 x 60′ | All at Once

Jimmy Carr (The Fix) presents a brand-new gameshow with a unique twist. To win the money the contestants have to answer questions that have been written live as the show is being filmed. These questions test the contestant’s memory and are written by a team. The questions can be about absolutely anything that happens during the show, from a celebrity cameo to an off-the-cuff joke or even something one of the contestants has shared about themselves. The four players will be competing for a cash prize of up to £25,000. To win the money they must use their general knowledge skills to bank cash before using their powers of recall to beat their opponents in the memory rounds. In the nerve-wracking final showdown, the two players left standing go head-to-head answering questions they have chosen for their opponents about what’s just happened in the show. Whoever can remember the most wins the jackpot.

March 20, 2025: Ludwig S1 | BritBox Original, North America Premiere | 6 x 60′ | 2x on release, weekly following

When John ‘Ludwig’ Taylor’s (David Mitchell, Peep Show) identical twin, James, disappears off the face of the earth, John takes over his brother’s identity in a quest to discover his whereabouts. John has never married, never had a family and never really ventured further than his own front door. Without a computer, mobile phone or even a television, he lives in quiet solitude, designing puzzles for a living, under the nom-de-plume of ‘Ludwig’. However, filling the shoes of your identical twin is one thing – when your twin also happens to be a successful DCI leading Cambridge’s busy inner-city major crimes team the stakes are much higher. John may be a master of all things cryptic, but can he crack the biggest puzzle of his life? Joining David Mitchell in the ‘case-of-the-week’ crime comedy-drama is Anna Maxwell Martin (Motherland, Line of Duty), as Lucy Betts-Taylor, John’s sister-in-law and wife of his missing brother James. Also joining the cast are Dipo Ola (Landscapers, We Hunt Together), Gerran Howell (Catch-22, Suspicion), Izuka Hoyle (Boiling Point, Big Boys), Dylan Hughes (Malory Towers, Maternal), and Dorothy Atkinson (Mum, The Gold).

March 25, 2025: Dead in the Water S1 | US Premiere | 3 x 60′ | All at Once

In July 1978, the bodies of junior doctor Chris Farmer and his girlfriend Peta Frampton were found floating off the coast of Guatemala. They had been tortured, bound, and weighed down with engine parts. In a last letter to loved ones, they wrote that they were due to sail to Honduras with an American and his two sons. Almost 40 years after the trail for their killer had gone cold, the Facebook page of an elderly man on the other side of the world provided a shocking breakthrough… This tense and atmospheric documentary series from Raw, makers of Don’t F**k with Cats and The Tinder Swindler, reveals how a British journalist, Penny Farmer, battled to identify her brother’s killer. Packed with cliffhangers and extraordinary twists, it charts the astonishing story of how Penny tracked down boat captain Silas Boston and his two sons Russell and Vince to finally discover the horrific truth about what happened to her brother aboard Boston’s boat.

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