Fresh Start

TOM DURANT PRITCHARD and KATE PHILLIPS on the period drama’s new crime-solving partnership
Author: Victoria Wilson
TOM DURANT PRITCHARD and KATE PHILLIPS on the period drama’s new crime-solving partnership
The ‘will they, won’t they?’ dynamic of Miss Scarlet and The Duke had fans of the Victorian crime drama on tenterhooks for four series. But as the show returns on U&Alibi this week, it is now called Miss Scarlet following actor Stuart Martin’s decision to quit his role as London Detective Inspector William ‘The Duke’ Wellington. The Duke’s departure for New York left his investigating partner, private sleuth Eliza Scarlet (Kate Phillips), heartbroken, so for the past few months, she has kept her...