Miss Scarlet and The Duke
Miss Scarlet and The Duke is a British-Irish period crime television drama, created by Rachael New and starring Kate Phillips and Stuart Martin as a pair of Victorian investigators.[1][2] The first series began broadcasting on Alibi on March 31, 2020. Filming for the second series is scheduled for September 2020.[3]
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Genre | Mystery Period drama |
Created by | Rachael New |
Directed by | Declan O'Dwyer |
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Country of origin | Ireland United Kingdom |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 6 (list of episodes) |
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Producer(s) | Aaron Farrell |
Running time | 60 minutes |
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Original network | Alibi (UK) |
Original release | 31 March 2020 – present |
Plot
Set in Victorian London, Eliza Scarlet is left penniless when her father dies. This is especially problematic in a time where marriage is the only option for 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
Series 1 (2020)
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date [4] | U.K viewers (millions) | |
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1 | "Inheritance" | Declan O'Dwyer | Rachael New | 31 March 2020 | 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'Dwyer | Rachael New | 7 April 2020 | 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'Dwyer | Rachael New | 14 April 2020 | 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'Dwyer | Ben Edwards | 21 April 2020 | N/A | |
Eliza finds herself contacted by someone who is receiving bizarre and threatening messages from beyond the grave. | ||||||
5 | "Cell 99" | Declan O'Dwyer | Ben Edwards | 28 April 2020 | 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'Dwyer | Rachael New | 5 May 2020 | N/A | |
Presumed to have died from a heart attack, Eliza has discovered things aren't what they seem with her father and, with time running out, has to solve a perplexing puzzle. |
Production
The series was shot in Dublin.[5][2]
References
- "Irish-made Miss Scarlet and The Duke lands on Alibi". March 26, 2020 – via www.rte.ie. Cite journal requires
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(help) - Clarke, Stewart; Clarke, Stewart (December 3, 2019). "PBS Masterpiece Picks Up A+E's Period Drama 'Miss Scarlet and the Duke'".
- https://andrew-gower.co.uk/series/miss-scarlet-and-the-duke/
- "Miss Scarlet and The Duke – Listings". Next Episode. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
- White, Peter; White, Peter (December 3, 2019). "'Miss Scarlet & The Duke': PBS Boards A+E Networks International's Period Drama Co-Pro".