Miss Scarlet, Minus the Duke, Gets Season 5 Trailer Ahead of January Return on PBS — Watch
PBS has finally released an official trailer for the newly christened Miss Scarlet (fka Miss Scarlet and The Duke).
Season 5 will have its broadcast premiere on Sunday, Jan. 12 at 8/7c, where it will lead into new episodes of All Creatures Great and Small. (PBS Passport members and subscribers to the PBS Masterpiece Amazon Prime channel will have early access to Season 5, which will begin streaming on Sunday, Dec. 8.)
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As previously reported, Tom Durant Pritchard — whose TV credits include Feel Good and This Is Going to Hurt — has joined the Masterpiece series as Alexander Blake. A handsome former soldier and respected detective inspector, Blake joins the force at Scotland Yard to replace William “The Duke” Wellington, who has gone to America.
“He’s not particularly shocked by a woman working as a private eye, so Eliza takes this to mean she’ll be given more cases,” the official character description reads. “But their relationship gets off to a rocky start since Blake has decided not to allow private detectives to aid in his investigations. As Blake and Miss Scarlet cross paths at various crime scenes across London, they can’t help but develop mutual respect for one another, and perhaps even an attraction.”
The official logline for Miss Scarlet Season 5 reads as follows:
In the new season, Eliza’s agency is thriving, and her professional life is on a successful path – on the personal side however, Duke has now been away in New York for several months and Eliza is forced to make a difficult decision. Meanwhile, a new Detective Inspector comes to Scotland Yard and Eliza must navigate building a relationship with him if she’s going to continue having access to police resources. All these changes and decisions beg the question – can Eliza Scarlet have it all?
Miss Scarlet introduced her dashing new scene partner in a previously released, behind-the-scenes video, which you can watch above. In it, leading lady Kate Phillips (aka Eliza) runs around the set in hopes of finding and introducing Pritchard — but as we soon discover, he’s been following her and manning the camera the entire time!
“Hi, guys! I’m Tom!” he says, laughing. “We are here on the set of Miss Scarlet. We are coming to the end of Season 5 and it’s very nice to meet you.”
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Pritchard’s casting was first announced on April 18, and came less than two months after Stuart Martin, who had played The Duke for the show’s first four seasons, departed the series.
“I am thrilled to be joining the team and to become part of the Scarlet family,” Pritchard said in a statement at the time. “Working with Kate [Phillips] has been a dream and she’s been so welcoming.”
Hit PLAY on the video above to watch the first official trailer for Season 5, then scroll down for a selection of first-look photos:
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