What's on TV: Thursday, June 4

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Miss Scarlet and the Duke

7Two, 8.30pm

Fun period dramedy set in late Victorian London about the adventures and travails of a lady private eye. When Eliza Scarlet inherits a detective agency from her father, it brings her into regular antagonistic contact with tall, dark and handsome William Wellington of Scotland Yard – aka Duke. Much URST ensues. Imagine Phryne Fisher, only with a lot more petticoats.

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Miss Scarlet and the Duke.

Beyond the costumes and sets not a lot of attention is paid to period detail – many moments are wildly anachronistic – but Miss Scarlet (Kate Phillips) is an appealing character, the Duke is suitably dishy, and Miss Scarlet's all-female household holds plenty of promise as things evolve.

It also has some nice twisty plots, ensuring that while Miss Scarlet may always escape from her predicaments and solve her puzzles, how that happens is not at all predictable. A real crowd-pleaser.