A+E ORDERS PERIOD SET MINI TV SERIES MISS SCARLET AND THE DUKE WITH KATE PHILLIPS AS LONDON'S FIRST 19TH CENTURY FEMALE DETECTIVE

MISS SCARLET AND THE DUKE

FIRST LADY DETECTIVE IN THE 19TH CENTURY LONDON

A+E Networks International has officially ordered new epic series MISS SCARLET AND THE DUKE in which Kate Phillips will play the first ever female detective in 19th century London! The six part mini follows Eliza

The six part saga shoots this June in Ireland!

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When her father dies, he leaves her penniless in a time where marriage is her only option for financial security. But the headstrong Eliza is determined to find another way. Luckily, she has an ace up her bonnet – her father’s business – a private detective agency. Eliza knows all the tricks of the trade but as a genteel 19th century lady she’s never been allowed to put them into practice. To operate in this man’s world, she needs a partner. Step forward Detective Inspector William Wellington of Scotland Yard, who is also known as “The Duke”, drinker, gambler and womaniser. Eliza and The Duke strike up a mismatched, fiery relationship that will crackle and smoulder with sexual tension as they team up to solve crime in the murkiest depths of 1880’s London.