Partners IN CRIME

KATE PHILLIPS and STUART MARTIN on solving more mysteries in Victorian London

- STEVEN PERKINS

MISS SCARLET AND THE DUKE

NEW TUESDAY, 9PM, ALIBI DRAMA

Whip-smart Eliza Scarlet proved a force to be reckoned with when she took over her late father's detective agency and solved his murder in Alibi's lavish Victorian-era mystery drama Miss Scarlet and the Duke.

As the second series begins, Eliza (Kate Phillips) has grown closer to friend and collaborator Detective William 'The Duke' Wellington (Stuart Martin). But their relationship is tested when Eliza is hired to investigate one of his unsolved cases.

TV Times joined Kate, 33, and Stuart, 36, for a video chat during filming to get their case notes...

Where do we find Eliza and The Duke at the start of this second season?

KATE Eliza has emotionally wrapped up the drama with her father, and now she's not thriving, but she's surviving.

It's all about building her agency. She has huge goals for her life and her work, but the casualties that come with that are, 'Can she have a relationship with The Duke?" and, 'What happens between them in order for her to succeed?