Miss Scarlet Adds Tom Durant Pritchard for First Season Without the Duke — See Photos

The Duke may have departed, but Miss Scarlet won’t be without a dashing scene partner in the upcoming fifth season.

Tom Durant Pritchard, whose TV credits include Feel Good and This Is Going to Hurt, has joined the PBS Masterpiece series as Alexander Blake, TVLine has learned. A handsome former soldier and respected detective inspector, Blake joins the force at Scotland Yard to replace William “The Duke” Wellington, who has gone to America.

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“He’s not particularly shocked by a woman working as a private eye, so Eliza takes this to mean she’ll be given more cases,” the official character description reads. “But their relationship gets off to a rocky start since Blake has decided not to allow private detectives to aid in his investigations. As Blake and Miss Scarlet cross paths at various crime scenes across London, they can’t help but develop mutual respect for one another, and perhaps even an attraction.”

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“I am thrilled to be joining the team and to become part of the Scarlet family,” Pritchard said in a statement on Thursday. “Working with Kate [Phillips] has been a dream and she’s been so welcoming.”

Pritchard’s casting comes less than two months after Stuart Martin, who had played The Duke for the show’s first four seasons, departed the series.

“It has been such an incredible joy to bring Duke to life through [series creator] Rachael [New]’s beautiful, brilliant writing, and to get to play him for the past four years,” Martin said at the time. “But it felt like the time was right for Scarlet to explore new stories and challenges for now, as the show continues to grow and evolve.”

Season 5 of Miss Scarlet is currently in production in Belgrade, Serbia. Scroll down for another behind-the-scenes photo of Pritchard and Phillips, then hit the comments with your thoughts on this casting!

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