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Confused about who stole which artifact for what reason in that latest episode of Endeavour, and how our intrepid detective figured it all out? Or need a refresher on the relationships—familial, romantic, or rancorous—in Poldark? 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 Grantchester 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!

Maggie Lynch stands in a rainy industrial area in a coat

'Guilt' Recap: Season 3 Episode 3

Maggie Lynch is preparing to leave Edinburgh and tie up any loose ends in the meantime, but plenty of other people are scheming to take her down first. 

Becca leans against a wall and looks shocked with a hand over her mouth

'MaryLand' Recap: Episode 2

New revelations about Mary keep emerging to shock Rosaline and Becca and bring up their own personal issues and past as they try to understand who their mother really was. 

Kenny and Skye sit in a car and look out the open window

'Guilt' Recap: Season 3 Episode 2

When Kenny realizes his niece Skye is involved with Maggie Lynch, he decides to go to the McCalls in order to join with them to resist Maggie, who is making plans to leave Edinburgh. 

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Diane and Barbara have drinks across a table from each other at a bar

'Funny Woman' Recap: Episode 4

Barbara and Diane both continue to find more success, although perhaps their news isn't as good as they like. And Barbara endangers her career by accident, thanks to her relationship with Clive. 

James and Siegfried stand in brown coats in a stable

'All Creatures Great and Small' Recap: Season 4 Episode 4

As Richard frustrates James by simultaneously being a know-it-all and clueless, James worries that he has endangered Helen and their unborn child. 

William stands in front of Eliza in a hat and they both look offscreen

'Miss Scarlet and the Duke' Recap: Season 4 Episode 4

William convalesces at Eliza's house as she tries to solve a robbery with Nash, lest their gangster client be unhappy with their work.

Marge reads a magazine with a full-page photo of Barbara

'Funny Woman' Recap: Episode 3

Barbara's career begins to take off as her father suffers from ill health. She finds a friend in a journalist and a lover in a member of the team working on her sitcom.

Richard, Siegfried, and Mrs. Pumphrey try to see something off screen

'All Creatures Great and Small' Recap: Season 4 Episode 3

James acquires a student assistant in order to spend some more time with Helen, but things don't quite work out as Mrs. Pumphrey's community tea party approaches. 

A young Eliza sits and smiles

'Miss Scarlet and the Duke' Recap: Season 4 Episode 3

Eliza reflects on the first time she met William, when both of them were a teenager and she had just been expelled from school. 

Two writers sit and look skeptically at someone standing in front of them

'Funny Woman' Recap: Episode 2

Barbara gets an opportunity to be in a sitcom, but first has to convince people to let her as she tries to make it big.

Two goats run down a hallway

'All Creatures Great and Small' Recap: Season 4 Episode 2

Skeldale House is a mess, leading Siegfried to hire a bookkeeper to put things in order. But she quickly changes the way the business is run, to everyone's chagrin.

Eliza walks down the street with a bouquet in a pink dress and hat

'Miss Scarlet and the Duke' Recap: Season 4 Episode 2

Eliza investigates the death of an undertaker as the overworked police fail to get to the case as fast as Mr. Potts, a friend of the victim, would like. 

Barbara in a white swimsuit, tiara, and sash holds a bouquet and stands next to a suited man and in front of a seated and standing woman

'Funny Woman' Recap: Episode 1

After Barbara Parker wins a beauty contest in her hometown, she goes to London to make it big. But it's 1964, and the world is misogynistic.

Siegfried and a man and dog walk towards a stone barn across a snowy field

'All Creatures Great and Small' Recap: Season 4 Episode 1

Siegfried doesn't know a farmer he's been helping is all alone, while James tries to help the ill dog of a trouble-making kid. 

William stands and looks at a seated woman with her back to the camera, in a room with a fresco on the wall

'Miss Scarlet and the Duke' Recap: Season 4 Episode 1

William is overworked as Scotland Yard expands its jurisdiction, while Eliza has no work. They eventually come together to investigate a robbery involving a high-end brothel.

The cast of Call the Midwife all smile and laugh in front of a Christmas tree

'Call the Midwife' Recap: Season 13 Holiday Special

The midwives and their friends all pitch in to recreate a cherished Christmas from the depressed Sister Monica Joan's childhood, while also delivering babies and helping an isolated loner.

Golda holds Esther outside

'Little Bird' Recap: Episode 6

Bezhig has her whole birth family and also her adoptive mother to help her mourn the loss of her twin brother.

Jake and Annika stand outside looking off frame

'Annika' Recap: Season 2 Episode 6

Jake asks Annika to make a big decision while she investigates the death of a retired detective, and the case gets uncomfortably close to home.