Miss Scarlet finally gets season 5 UK release date – as season 6 is confirmed

And it's now also been confirmed that Miss Scarlet will also be returning for season 6, with Phillips set to reprise her leading role once more.

Filming for the new season is set to kick off this month in Belgrade, Serbia, with Phillips set to return alongside a cast of returning faces and new characters.

As the title change suggests, season 5 of the Victorian mystery show is the first not to feature Stuart Martin as William 'the Duke' Wellington. Martin announced his departure last year, saying he "felt like the time was right for Scarlet to explore new stories and challenges for now".

However, there will be a new addition to the cast in the shape of new male lead Tom Durant-Pritchard, who will play an inspector who joins Scotland Yard to fill the Duke's place, and who is not so fond of private detectives.

But the synopsis for the season teases that as the pair begin to cross paths during their work around London, they start to develop mutual respect for one another – and perhaps even an attraction.

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Executive producer Patty Ishimoto has teased of this fifth season: "There’s a wedding. Eliza goes on a date. The British Secret Service gets involved. A grown man cries like a baby (but not who you’d suspect).

"The ever charming (imprisoned) Patrick Nash finds himself in quite a precarious predicament. Clarence gets a coat. Ivy finds her calling – and it’s not in the kitchen…"

So, it looks like there's a lot for fans to look forward to!

In addition to Phillips, returning cast members for the new run include Cathy Belton as Ivy Woods, Simon Ludders as Mr Potts, Evan McCabe as Oliver Fitzroy, Felix Scott as Patrick Nash and Paul Bazely as Clarence.

It's now also been confirmed that all of the aforementioned will be reprising their roles for season 6.

As for new faces for the sixth instalment, Sam Buchanan (My Fault: London) will join the ranks as Detective George Willows, while Grace Hogg-Robinson (COBRA) will star as Isabel Summers, "an ambitious young woman who joins the Clerical Office alongside Ivy".

The season 6 synopsis (via Deadline) reads: "As Eliza and Blake’s once-fraught relationship begins to evolve, they find that working together may be a tricky prospect.

"Meanwhile, newlyweds Ivy and Potts adjust to married life, a new detective settles in at Scotland Yard, and Nash causes chaos, even from across the globe.

"Joining this season’s adventures in his greatly anticipated return is Moses Valentine, who swoops in to help Eliza and her crew, just when they need him most."

Miss Scarlet will return to U&Alibi at 9pm on Wednesday 5th March.

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