How many episodes are in Miss Scarlet?

Miss Scarlet has 6 episodes in this listed season.

When does Miss Scarlet premiere?

Miss Scarlet premieres on 2026-01-11.

Is Miss Scarlet a new series?

Miss Scarlet is a returning series (Season 6).

Miss Scarlet(2020)

Also known as Miss Scarlet and the Duke • Miss Scarlet & The Duke

Archived · U&Alibi

7.76 eps

S06

DramaMysteryCrimeThriller

ON AIR: JAN 11Season 6Archived listing

What to Expect

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Miss Scarlet is a Victorian procedural built around a woman running a detective agency in 1880s London, a city that treats her ambition as an inconvenience at best. Each episode is case-driven, but the investigations keep bumping up against the same wall: a profession that simply does not want her there. The tone stays grounded and dramatic rather than gothic or sensational.

Her working arrangement with the Duke is the engine of most of the friction. He has the institutional credibility she lacks; she has the drive and the instincts. Neither is entirely comfortable with the arrangement, and that mutual wariness gives the partnership its texture across the series. Six seasons in, the push and pull between them has accumulated enough history to feel genuinely earned rather than manufactured.

Best for

victorian detective, women-led mysteries and Drama

Story lane

Drama and Mystery

Commitment

Season 6 · 6 episodes

Where

U&Alibi

Official Premise

When Eliza Scarlet's father dies, he leaves her penniless, but she resolves to continue his detective agency. To operate in a male-dominated world, though, she needs a partner - step forward a detective known as the Duke.

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Why this pick

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