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Actors and characters are different records
Performer pages cover publicly documented professional work. Character pages cover events, relationships and evidence inside Ludwig.
Cast and performers
The actors behind the Casebook
Original, source-linked biographies for the principal company, kept separate from character analysis. Six portraits are used under explicit Creative Commons licences; no programme still is reproduced.
Reviewed guide · Sources & corrections
John and James TaylorDavid MitchellOpen performer file →Lucy Betts-TaylorAnna Maxwell MartinOpen performer file →DI Russell CarterDipo OlaOpen performer file →
DS Alice FinchIzuka HoyleOpen performer file →
DC Simon EvansGerran HowellOpen performer file →DCS Carol ShawDorothy AtkinsonOpen performer file →Henry Betts-TaylorDylan HughesOpen performer file →
DI Matt NevilleKarl PilkingtonOpen performer file →
Chief Constable ZieglerRalph InesonOpen performer file →Portrait policy: a photograph appears only when its reusable licence and attribution have been recorded. Missing portraits are intentional while the Casebook seeks permission or a suitable open-licence image.
Portrait credits for this directory
- David Mitchell: Pinkboy, source file · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Dorothy Atkinson: W!ZARD Radio Media, source file · CC BY 3.0 · source provenance under review
- Gerran Howell: Briansttorm, source file · CC0
- Izuka Hoyle: Scottish Government, source file · CC BY 2.0
- Karl Pilkington: Rick Walker; derivative crop by RanZag, source file · CC BY 2.0
- Ralph Ineson: Bob Bob, source file · CC BY 2.0
These credits also appear on the performer dossiers; the image register records each use and review status.
Corrections
Help keep the credits accurate
Report an incorrect credit, missing source or image concern to the editorial address.
Complete credited company
Every performer named in the Casebook
Profiles separate verified programme credits from professional information still not yet recorded an authoritative source.
Principal company
David Mitchell
John and James Taylor
Open performer file →Principal companyAnna Maxwell Martin
Lucy Betts-Taylor
Open performer file →Principal companyDipo Ola
DI Russell Carter
Open performer file →Principal companyIzuka Hoyle
DS Alice Finch
Open performer file →Principal companyGerran Howell
DC Simon Evans
Open performer file →Principal companyDorothy Atkinson
DCS Carol Shaw
Open performer file →Principal companyDylan Hughes
Henry Betts-Taylor
Open performer file →Recurring companyKarl Pilkington
DI Matt Neville
Open performer file →Recurring companyRalph Ineson
Chief Constable Ziegler
Open performer file →Series 2 recurring companyBen Ashenden
DC Ethan Cole
Open performer file →Series 2 recurring companyRumi Sutton
DC Caitlin Sullivan
Open performer file →Series 2 recurring companyMark Bonnar
Gareth Fisher
Open performer file →Series 2 recurring companySian Clifford
Joanne Kemper
Open performer file →Series 2 recurring companyMichael Wildman
DCC Clint Radley
Open performer file →Series 1 Episode 1Mia Austen
Jane
Open performer file →Series 1 Episodes 1 and 5Jakub Bednarczyk
Young John / James
Open performer file →Series 1 Episode 1Stevie Binns
Carla
Open performer file →Series 1 Episode 1Scarlett Brookes
Sarah Gilmarsh
Open performer file →Series 1 Episode 1Annabelle Dowler
Esther Taylor
Open performer file →Series 1 Episode 1Ikky Kabir
Brian
Open performer file →Series 1 Episode 1Christos Lawton
Jamie
Open performer file →Series 1 Episode 1Tom McCall
Chris, taxi driver
Open performer file →Series 1 Episode 1Bridgitta Roy
Becka
Open performer file →Series 1 Episode 1Catherine Skinner
Claire
Open performer file →Series 1 Episode 1Kewell Ganas
Alan Howells
Open performer file →Series 1 Episode 2Hammed Animashaun
Ross Barclay
Open performer file →Series 1 Episode 2Jamie Beamish
Ben Naylor
Open performer file →Series 1 Episode 2Tom Bell
Peter Williams
Open performer file →Series 1 Episode 2Alice Feetham
Hannah Waldron
Open performer file →Series 1 Episode 2Felicity Kendal
Lady Bryce
Open performer file →Series 1 Episode 2Naveed Khan
Noel
Open performer file →Series 1 Episode 2Ethan Moorhouse
Elliot Collins
Open performer file →Series 1 Episode 2Alison Pargeter
Debbie Williams
Open performer file →Series 1 Episode 3Adam Ali
Tour guide
Open performer file →Series 1 Episode 3Heidi Berger
Katia
Open performer file →Series 1 Episode 3Ella Bruccoleri
Megan Rowlands
Open performer file →Series 1 Episode 3Paul Chahidi
Adrian Tate
Open performer file →Series 1 Episode 3Julie Dray
Tanya
Open performer file →Series 1 Episode 3Amanda Lawrence
Julie Tate
Open performer file →Series 1 Episode 3Julie Legrand
Manon
Open performer file →Series 1 Episode 3Ivan Oyik
Myles North
Open performer file →Series 1 Episode 3Flip Webster
Mrs Bowen
Open performer file →Series 1 Episode 3Karen Xiang
Yuna Tanaka
Open performer file →Series 1 Episode 3Mark Slaughter
Jordan Halshaw
Open performer file →Series 1 recurring companySophie Willan
Holly Pinder · six episodes
Open performer file →Series 1 Episode 4Anton Cross
Open performer file →Series 1 Episode 4Natali McCleary
Open performer file →Series 1 Episode 4Allan Mustafa
Open performer file →Series 1 Episode 4Alex Romashov
Open performer file →Series 1 Episode 4Gavin Spokes
Open performer file →Series 1 Episode 4Robert Jarman
Open performer file →Series 1 Episode 5Harry Spalding
Open performer file →Series 1 Episode 5 · Series 2 Episode 5Suzanne Ahmet
Gillian Botley · Gillian Neville
Open performer file →Series 1 Episode 5Sophie Allen
Ms Chordwell’s interpreter
Open performer file →Series 1 Episode 5Rose Ayling-Ellis
Freya Chordwell
Open performer file →Series 1 Episode 5Frankie Minchella
Isaac Upton
Open performer file →Series 1 Episode 5Pablo Raybould
Barry
Open performer file →Series 1 Episode 5Sam Swainsbury
Mr Bishop
Open performer file →Series 1 Episode 5Christopher Parramore
Mr Durose
Open performer file →Series 1 Episode 5Yasmin Dacre
Sasha Sparks
Open performer file →Series 1 Episode 5Derek Jacobi
Mr Todd
Open performer file →Series 1 Episode 6Raychel Addo
Open performer file →Series 1 Episode 6 · Series 2 Episode 1Josh Bolt
Adam Newsum
Open performer file →Series 2 Episode 1Rebecca Front
Patricia Lowery
Open performer file →Series 2 Episode 1Doon Mackichan
Portia Lowery
Open performer file →Series 2 Episode 1Gillian Royale
Lilibeth Lowery
Open performer file →Series 2 Episodes 1, 2 and 4Bairavi Manoharan
Hannah Foster
Open performer file →Series 2 Episode 2Daniel Lawrence Taylor
Aiden Mooney
Open performer file →Series 2 Episode 2Rory Douglas-Speed
Tristan Price
Open performer file →Series 2 Episode 2Michelle Greenidge
Jackie Mooney
Open performer file →Series 2 Episode 2Lloyd Bowen
Owen Doyle
Open performer file →Series 2 Episode 2Tsion Habte
Sienna Mooney
Open performer file →Series 2 Episode 2Gary Beadle
Phillip Mooney
Open performer file →Series 2 Episode 3Dujonna Gift
Tiffany Catley
Open performer file →Series 2 Episode 3Henry Felix
Leo Brantley
Open performer file →Series 2 Episode 3Tony Jayawardena
Colin
Open performer file →Series 2 Episode 3Emily Laing
Jennifer Wicks
Open performer file →Series 2 Episode 3Nemide May
Coco Aarons
Open performer file →Series 2 Episode 3Joseph Ollman
Zack Woodson
Open performer file →Series 2 Episode 3Melissa Woodbridge
Jenny
Open performer file →Series 2 Episode 4Stephen Merchant
Danny Sloane
Open performer file →Series 2 Episode 4Kirsty Hoiles
Helena Moss
Open performer file →Series 2 Episode 4Martin Maynard
Oliver Cowie
Open performer file →Series 2 Episode 4Archie Maynard
Young Oliver
Open performer file →Series 2 Episode 4Reiss Tomlinson
Young Danny
Open performer file →Series 2 Episode 5Gassan Abdulrazek
Dexter Hassan
Open performer file →Series 2 Episode 5Nadia Violet Abdulsalam
Abby Bako
Open performer file →Series 2 Episode 5Giulio Cavazzini
Luca Rossi
Open performer file →Series 2 Episode 5James Cooney
Milo Gesalan
Open performer file →Series 2 Episode 5Will Lockey
Jonathan McQuade
Open performer file →Series 2 Episode 5Huma Mohyuddin
Farida Gilani
Open performer file →2026 Christmas specialSir David Suchet
Announced murder suspect
Open performer file →2026 Christmas specialJason Flemyng
Role not yet announced
Open performer file →2026 Christmas specialJoe Wilkinson
Role not yet announced
Open performer file →2026 Christmas specialCathy Tyson
Maye Dowley · agency CV
Open performer file →2026 Christmas specialAlexandra Roach
Role not yet announced
Open performer file →2026 Christmas specialKiell Smith-Bynoe
Role not yet announced
Open performer file →2026 Christmas specialRebekah Staton
Role not yet announced
Open performer file →2026 Christmas specialClaire Price
Role not yet announced
Open performer file →2026 Christmas specialAriella Glaser
Role not yet announced
Open performer file →2026 Christmas specialGeorge Rainsford
Charlie Hinchliffe · agency credit
Open performer file →Christmas guest company
Ten announced guest performers
Roles are not guessed where the announcement does not identify them.
Series 2 company
Five recurring arrivals
Career context is deliberately brief and sourced; the programme role remains the centre of each record.
Ben Ashenden · DC Ethan Cole
Actor, comedian and writer
Ashenden is one half of The Pin and has worked across radio, television, film and theatre. His screen credits include Black Mirror, Stath Lets Flats and Jurassic World Dominion.
Professional biography →Rumi Sutton · DC Caitlin Sullivan
Stage and screen performer
Sutton trained at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. Public credits include Casualty, the National Theatre's Hex and Heathers in the West End.
Published theatre biography →Mark Bonnar · Gareth Fisher
Scottish actor
Bonnar's television work includes Guilt, Shetland, Line of Duty, Unforgotten and Catastrophe. In Ludwig, Fisher edits the newspaper where Lucy works.
Sian Clifford · Joanne Kemper
BAFTA-winning actor
Clifford won the 2020 BAFTA Television award for Female Performance in a Comedy for Fleabag. Her professional credits confirm Joanne Kemper across both Series 2 directors.
Professional biography and credits →Michael Wildman · DCC Clint Radley
Stage and screen actor
Wildman's screen career includes Emmerdale, Baby Reindeer, The Bourne Ultimatum and Ready Player One. Radley enters the programme's senior police structure.
Portrait status
Text-first until licensed
No agency headshot or programme still has been copied. These five records are candidates for approved publicity portraits in the site's bounded licensing request.
See the artwork request →Verified appearance ledger
Series 2 Episodes 1–3
This records credited appearances through 3 September, not assumed attendance across all six episodes.
Performer and roleVerified appearancesSource state
Ben Ashenden · Ethan ColeEpisodes 1, 2 and 3Episode credits checked
Rumi Sutton · Caitlin SullivanEpisodes 1, 2 and 3Episode credits checked
Mark Bonnar · Gareth FisherEpisodes 1, 2 and 3Episode credits checked
Sian Clifford · Joanne KemperEpisodes 1 and 2Episode credits checked
Michael Wildman · Clint RadleyEpisodes 1, 2 and 3Episode credits checked
Guest company ledger
The first three Series 2 cases
Guest roles are grouped by credited episode, making the cast searchable without reproducing programme imagery.
Episode 1 · Theatre
Josh Bolt · Adam Newsum
Rebecca Front · Patricia Lowery
Doon Mackichan · Portia Lowery
Gillian Royale · Lilibeth Lowery
Bairavi Manoharan · Hannah Foster
Episode 2 · Wedding
Bairavi Manoharan · Hannah Foster
Daniel Lawrence Taylor · Aiden Mooney
Rory Douglas-Speed · Tristan Price
Michelle Greenidge · Jackie Mooney
Lloyd Bowen · Owen Doyle
Tsion Habte · Sienna Mooney
Gary Beadle · Phillip Mooney
Episode 3 · Influencer
Dujonna Gift · Tiffany Catley
Henry Felix · Leo Brantley
Tony Jayawardena · Colin
Emily Laing · Jennifer Wicks
Nemide May · Coco Aarons
Joseph Ollman · Zack Woodson
Melissa Woodbridge · Jenny