'Miss Scarlet' Casts Tom Durant Pritchard to Replace The Duke In Season 5

It looks like Miss Scarlet won’t be solving crimes alone for very long. The rechristened series, which dropped its Miss Scarlet and the Duke title when co-star Stuart Martin left the show earlier this year, has found its new male lead. Actor Tom Durant Pritchard (This is Going to Hurt) is joining the cast as Detective Inspector Alexander Blake for Season 5, which is currently filming.

DI Blake is a former soldier and respected detective inspector who joins the force at Scotland Yard to replace William “The Duke” Wellington who has gone to serve on a year-long secondment in America. (And, let’s be honest, this new hire probably hints that he’s decided to stay in the States.)

Shortly after he gets his new job, he meets female private investigator Eliza Scarlet (Kate Phillips). But since he apparently has more progressive views about women in the workplace than some of his colleagues, he’s not particularly bothered by her choice of career. Eliza, likely thrilled at the prospect of working with someone who isn’t the odious Detective Phelps (Tim Chipping), assumes his attitude means she’ll get more cases.