'Miss Scarlet & the Duke' Season 4 Will Officially Premiere In January 2024

It's official: Television's best will they / won't they crime-solving duo will officially return to our screens this winter. PBS has announced that Miss Scarlet & the Duke Season 4 is set to premiere in early January, returning the series to its successful timeslot from earlier this year where it will once again serve as a lead-in to a new season of All Creatures Great and Small. Peak Sunday coziness achieved.

The series follows the story of titular not-actually-a-couple Eliza Scarlet and William "The Duke" Wellington. She's one of the only female detectives in Victorian London. He works for Scotland Yard. They have a complicated history, a ton of unresolved feelings and general sexual tension, and frequently solve all sorts of criminal cases together. (While insisting they're just friends, of course). Season 4 promises big changes after a third outing that often felt like nothing so much as a repeated reversion to the mean each week, and fans* everywhere are rightly excited about the show's impending return. (Read*: It's me. Hi. I'm the problem it's me.)

What do we know about the new season? Not a whole lot, actually, though what information we do have certainly sounds intriquing. Per Masterpiece, Season 4 we'll see that Eliza has taken over the business of Nash & Sons (not that he has any sons) and things are not going entirely smoothly, although help comes from some familiar sources. Outside of work, her relationship with William “The Duke” Wellington builds towards a looming decision that will shape both their lives.