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Confused about what's happening in which timeline of which book of the Susan Ryeland Mysteries like Marble Hall Murders? Or need a refresher on the relationships – romantic or rancorous – in The Forsytes? Check out our recaps of those shows and more: all of your favorite British series, dramas, and mysteries from Masterpiece and PBS, condensed into easily readable plot summaries. So when another season of All Creatures Great and Small or Call the Midwife rolls around, whether you’re streaming it via Passport or watching it on TV, you can quickly catch up and enjoy the show. Don’t forget the popcorn!


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'Downton Abbey' Recap: Season 4 Episode 6

Tom meets a new woman, both an old foe and old friend return to Downton, Rose and Edith visit London, and Robert is called to America on an emergency. 

'The Gold' Recap: Season 2 Episode 2

The Brink's-Mat investigation becomes increasingly international as the money moves through low-regulation islands around the world – and the detectives try to follow it.

'Maigret' Recap: Season 2 Episode 2

Maigret and his team refuse to stop looking into Adeline's death and past, eventually reconstructing a past tragedy that continues to influences lives in the present day. 

'Professor T' Recap: Season 5 Episode 2

Adelaide wakes, but her prognosis is grim. But the professor feels responsible for a student's presence at Cambridge, and thus wants to investigate when the student is killed.

'Downton Abbey' Recap: Season 4 Episode 5

Rose plans a selfish surprise for Robert's birthday while some staff shake-ups occur and a friend arrives at Downton with an unwelcome companion.

'Maigret' Recap: Season 2 Episode 1

When Maigret and his colleagues are called to a bomb threat, things go wrong and Maigret blames himself for the death of a young woman. 

'The Gold' Recap: Season 2 Episode 1

John Palmer re-emerges in the news while Boyce, Nicki, and Tony continue to search for the other half of the Brink's-Mat gold – and have a promising lead. 

'Professor T' Recap: Season 5 Episode 1

The professor and Dr. Goldberg are test-driving their relationship at a hotel and spa, but things immediately go awry. Then two people die there. 

'Downton Abbey' Recap: Season 4 Episode 4

Alfred wants to train as a chef at the Ritz in London, leading Carson to look for a replacement, while Bates finally learns the truth about Anna and other staff changes take place. 

'Marble Hall Murders' Recap: Episode 6

Pünd solves his last case after all, thanks to another detective, while Susan survives an attempt on her life to figure out who killed both Eliot and Miriam Crace. 

'Trespasses' Recap: Episode 4

Cushla and her family reckon with the fallout from a tragedy, and how wrapped up everyone is in it.

'The Marlow Murder Club' Recap: Season 3 Episode 6

Judith enlists Darius to help her friends observe the suspects in the killing of a prominent chef after another person shows up dead. 

'Downton Abbey' Recap: Season 4 Episode 3

Anna's trauma affects her relationship with Bates, while a new suitor emerges for Mary and Edith gets in deep. 

'Marble Hall Murders' Recap: Episode 5

Susan visits prison to see Charles Clover, the man who tried to kill her, in the hope that he can shed some light on Miriam Crace's death, even as Susan herself is a suspect in another death. 

'The Marlow Murder Club' Recap: Season 3 Episode 5

Judith and her friends are at Marlow's finest restaurant when the chef is murdered. Everyone had motive, but who actually did it?