Miss Scarlet and The Duke returns to U&Drama

The third series will launch this week on UKTV…

Kate Phillips (Peaky Blinders, The Crown) stars in the lead Miss Scarlet opposite Stuart Martin (Medici, Jamestown), as the Duke.

Miss Scarlet and the Duke tells the story of the first ever female detective in Victorian London. When Eliza Scarlet’s father dies, he leaves her penniless in a time where marriage is the only option for financial security. But the headstrong Eliza has an ace up her bonnet; her father’s business, a detective agency.

However, to operate in this man’s world she needs a partner.

Step forward consummate rogue Detective Inspector William Wellington of Scotland Yard, aka ‘The Duke’. Eliza and Duke strike up a mismatched, fiery relationship as they team up to solve crime in the murkiest depths of 1880s London.

Miss Scarlet and The Duke, watch on U&DRAMA from Tuesday 27 May, 8pm with a double-bill or the box set will be streaming the full series one to three on U from May 27.