Masterpiece Says ‘Miss Scarlet And The Duke’ Will Continue Without The Duke
deadline.comBig change on Masterpiece’s popular drama Miss Scarlet and the Duke. Stuart Martin, who played William “The Duke” Wellington in the previous four seasons, will not return for season 5.
Kate Phillips (Wolf Hall, The Crown) will return as Miss Eliza Scarlet for a fifth season of investigations, and the series will be retitled Miss Scarlet. “It has been such an incredible joy to bring Duke to life through Rachael’s beautiful, brilliant writing, and to get to play him for the past four years,” said Martin in a statement. “But it felt like the time was right for Scarlet to explore new stories and challenges for now, as the show continues to grow and evolve.
I will miss working with my amazing partner in crime Kate and the rest of our brilliant family and team, but I’m excited to continue following Eliza and her escapades as a huge fan and newly enrolled Scarleteer!” “I will miss working with my pal Stu every day, and know Eliza will miss her Duke, but I think the best is yet to come for her,” added Phillips. “I can’t wait for fans to see what we have in store for Season 5.” Season four of the drama premiered Jan.
7 on PBS. In the new season, Phillips and Martin returned as the titular will-they-won’t-they crime solvers while her character took over the business of Nash & Sons.
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