The Cast & Creator Hopes for Season 6

Miss Scarlet has officially been renewed for Season 6. But what’s in store for all our favorite characters in the upcoming season? MASTERPIECE spoke to stars  Kate Phillips (Eliza Scarlet), Tom Durant-Pritchard (Alexander Blake), Cathy Belton (Ivy) and creator Rachael New about their hopes and hints for what may be ahead.

  1. 1.

    Rachael New (Creator)

    I think [Season 6] is probably the most exciting season for Eliza because we see a very different side of her emerging. We left her in Season 5 feeling that her life was out of balance. She pretty much lost the love of her life, her long-term friend, partner…with the Duke. It was very much her throwing herself into work and thinking, “Okay, this is my life,” but feeling that there was something slightly missing.

    I guess I can say her love life flourishes, but it’s complicated still. Her profession causes her problems, her ambition to succeed…still there is that clash with personal happiness. But there’s still lots of adventure and fun. This season has more of an emotional punch.

    I think even with say, Ivy, Mr. Potts, Clarence, we see them growing. We see slightly different sides of them. The theme, I would say, is we see more of their personal lives, their personal trials and tribulations a little more, which as a writer is always super fun to write and very satisfying.

  2. 2.

    Kate Phillips

    Kate Phillips is Eliza Scarlet

    I would hope for Eliza that she is able to harness some more success in her personal life. I think professionally, she’s gone from strength to strength, but emotionally, I think she’s got a lot to learn, and I hope there’s more joy to be had in her personal life and her emotional life. She’s got a little bit of growing up to do in that regard, but I think she has it in her.

  3. 3.

    Tom Durant-Pritchard

    Miss Scarlet star Tom Durant-Pritchard

    When we get to Season 6, I’m looking forward to seeing where his relationship with Eliza ends up. Because we leave them at the end of Season 5 and it feels like there’s potential growth of some kind of relationship there. I’m not sure if that’s a friendship or potentially something more. So it would be interesting to see where that goes. And to see if we meet any new people, any old faces come back, and to see if there are any more crimes we can solve.

  4. 4.

    Cathy Belton

    Cathy Belton is Ivy

    I hope for Ivy that she keeps climbing up through the ladders at work in this modern world, all this education and this hard work…that she’ll get her just rewards for putting in the efforts that she has put in to change her life. And I also hope that she will always be in Eliza’s life.

    I hope Eliza finds love again. I really do. I hope she will continue to thrive as a private investigator, that her business will thrive and that she’ll do it on her own. And you never know…maybe Ivy will help out in business in seasons to come. But yeah, I would hope, I think more than anything, I want Eliza to find love again.

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