Miss Scarlet and The Duke

Miss Scarlet and The Duke is a British-Irish period crime television drama created by Rachael New, starring Kate Phillips and Stuart Martin as a pair of Victorian investigators.[1][2] The first series began broadcasting on Alibi on 31 March 2020. Filming for the second series was originally scheduled for September 2020, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]

Miss Scarlet and The Duke
GenreMystery
Period drama
Created byRachael New
Directed byDeclan O'Dwyer
Starring
Country of originIreland
United Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes6 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
  • Todd Berger
  • Patrick Irwin
  • Jin Ishimoto
  • Patty Ishimoto
  • Harvey Myman
  • Rachael New
  • Declan O'Dwyer
ProducerAaron Farrell
Running time60 minutes
Production companies
  • A+E Networks UK
  • Element 8 Entertainment
  • Shinawil Productions
Release
Original networkAlibi
Original release31 March 2020 (2020-03-31) –
present

The series premiered in the US on 17 January 2021, as part of PBS's Masterpiece anthology series.[4] Miss Scarlet and The Duke was the first series that PBS purchased from, or co-produced with, a British channel other than the BBC, Channel 4, or ITV.

Plot

In Victorian London, Eliza Scarlet is left almost penniless when her father dies, which is especially problematic in a time where marriage is the only option for a woman’s financial security. Eliza resolves to continue her father's detective agency. But to operate in such a male-dominated world of crime-solving she needs a male partner, and soon works with gruff womanizer Detective Inspector William Wellington, known as the Duke.

Cast
  • Kate Phillips as Eliza Scarlet
  • Stuart Martin as William Wellington
  • Danny Midwinter as Frank Jenkins
  • Ansu Kabia as Moses
  • Andrew Gower as Rupert Parker
  • Matthew Malone as PC Honeychurch
  • Cathy Belton as Ivy

Episodes
No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date [5]U.K viewers
(millions)
1"Inheritance"Declan O'DwyerRachael New31 March 2020 (2020-03-31)N/A
After the death of her private detective father, Eliza Scarlet tries to take on a case for herself while claiming that her father is still alive, but the investigation is complicated when she realises that she has been manipulated to help a man gain custody of his wife's inheritance. With the aid of her father's old protégé, Detective William Wellington (known as 'the Duke'), Eliza is able to find a loophole that leads to the man being arrested and his wife allowed to go free.
2"The Woman in Red"Declan O'DwyerRachael New7 April 2020 (2020-04-07)N/A
Desperate for money, Eliza takes a seemingly impossible case; proving the innocence of a man found at a murder scene with a bloodied knife in his hand who has pleaded guilty.
3"Deeds not Words"Declan O'DwyerRachael New14 April 2020 (2020-04-14)N/A
Eliza is hired by Duke to go undercover and infiltrate a women's suffrage group campaigning for the vote.
4"Memento Mori"Declan O'DwyerBen Edwards21 April 2020 (2020-04-21)N/A
Eliza finds herself contacted by someone who is receiving bizarre and threatening messages from beyond the grave.
5"Cell 99"Declan O'DwyerBen Edwards28 April 2020 (2020-04-28)N/A
Eliza's discovery of her fathers casebook leads her to an abandoned prison on the outskirts of London. She and Duke investigate what seems like an empty building, but they soon discover that it is the hideout for a criminal gang
6"The Case of Henry Scarlet"Declan O'DwyerRachael New5 May 2020 (2020-05-05)N/A
Eliza has discovered things aren't what they seem with her father, presumed to have died from a heart attack, and, with time running out, has to solve a perplexing puzzle.

Production

The series was shot in Dublin.[2][6]

References
  1. "Irish-made Miss Scarlet and The Duke lands on Alibi". March 26, 2020 – via www.rte.ie. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. Clarke, Stewart (December 3, 2019). "PBS Masterpiece Picks Up A+E's Period Drama 'Miss Scarlet and the Duke'".
  3. "Miss Scarlet and The Duke". Andrew Gower. July 6, 2019. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
  4. "Miss Scarlet & The Duke: Episode 1: Inheritance". Masterpiece. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
  5. "Miss Scarlet and The Duke – Listings". Next Episode. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  6. White, Peter (December 3, 2019). "'Miss Scarlet & The Duke': PBS Boards A+E Networks International's Period Drama Co-Pro".
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