Ep. 22 - Women of MYSTERY!: MISS SCARLET AND THE DUKE
Kate Phillips (Eliza Scarlet) and Martin Stuart (William “the Duke” Wellington) in Miss Scarlet and the Duke. Season 2 premieres on MASTERPIECE MYSTERY! in October 2022.
MASTERPIECE and MASTERPIECE MYSTERY! executive producer SUSANNE SIMPSON returns to the Historical Drama with The Boston Sisters podcast to talk about one of our favorite new Victorian-era detective series MISS SCARLET AND THE DUKE along with the new season of the PBS drama series.
“…I think they [audiences] love to see empowered women coming up against obstacles, but always somehow figuring out how to win in the end.”
Susanne Simpson
Guest: SUSANNE SIMPSON
Named Executive Producer of MASTERPIECE in 2019, Susanne Simpson is a two-time Academy Award® nominee and two-time Emmy® winner for her documentary and dramatic films for television and theater. Since joining MASTERPIECE in 2007, Simpson has been responsible for such programs as Sanditon, Sherlock, Wolf Hall, Victoria and All Creatures Great and Small, and oversaw all aspects of the U.S. broadcast of the hit series Downton Abbey, the most watched drama in PBS history and recipient of 69 Emmy® nominations and 15 wins.
Simpson is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, and the Writers Guild.
This conversation with Susanne Simpson for episode 22 was recorded September 20, 2022. Susanne Simpson is also featured in episode 3 of our podcast.
MISS SCARLET AND THE DUKE
Kate Phillips (Peaky Blinders) and Stuart Martin are back as private detective Eliza Scarlet, and William “the Duke” Wellington in Miss Scarlet and the Duke, a mystery series set in Victorian London created by Rachael New.
Season 2 opens a few months after the conclusion of Season 1. Eliza has solved a very personal case that vexed her throughout Season 1. Her relationship with William (“the Duke”) continues to slowly simmer, and she continues to face the challenges of being a female private detective in male-dominated Victorian London. Also appearing in the series this season are Cathy Belton (Ivy), Jessie Cave (Hattie Parker), Ansu Kabia (Moses), Simon Ludders (Mr. Potts), Evan McCabe (Oliver Fitzroy), Laura Rollins (Clementine).
Watch season 2 of Miss Scarlet and the Duke on PBS MASTERPIECE MYSTERY! (check local listings for your PBS station), Stream it from the PBS webpage, the PBS app. The series is also available on Amazon Prime.
We’ve got more MASTERPIECE and MASTERPIECE MYSTERY! podcasts for you to enjoy. Episode 11 with guest Crystal Clarke from Sanditon, and story consultant Sharon D. Johnson, Ph.D. in Episode 13. In episode 18 we talk with Rev. Dr. Rob Hardies about Endeavour, the prequel to the Inspector Morse series.
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