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Q: Why did the Duke leave “Miss Scarlet & the Duke”? Will he return or be recast?
A: Kate Phillips, who played Victorian private detective Miss Eliza Scarlet, will indeed be without Stuart Martin as William “The Duke” Wellington when the series returns for a fifth season on “Masterpiece” on PBS; Wellington has gone to America. In a statement from the show, Martin said that “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.”
The show, retitled simply as “Miss Scarlet,” will have “new crimes, new friends, new foes and new romance,” says series creator Rachel New.
That romance may well include Wellington’s replacement at Scotland Yard: Alexander Blake, played by Tom Durant Pritchard.
