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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!

Jack and Alice sit and look at each other in front of a greenish wall

'Alice & Jack' Recap: Episode 5

Two contradictory, unexpected events bring Alice and Jack even closer and lead them to reflect on their past and imagine a future, as the show nears an end. 

Sam and Jas sit amongst other people and look upset

'Mr Bates vs the Post Office' Recap: Episode 2

The Post Office and its Horizon computer system have caused not just financial and reputational damage to former employees but psychological. An independent investigation begins to look into the failures.

Lindy and Melvin sit on their bed in pajamas

'Call the Midwife' Recap: Season 13 Episode 5

A young couple underestimates their ability to be responsible parents, but they are put to the test by a medical issue in both their daughters. The Turners face their own trouble with one of their children. 

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Eliza in a blue dress and hat sits and looks off camera

'Miss Scarlet and the Duke' Recap: Season 4 Episode 6

Eliza sets to helping a friend – and saving her business – when Nash becomes wanted in connection with a murder. 

Brian sits at a desk looking at a newspaper while Patsy stands next to him

'Funny Woman' Recap: Episode 5

Barbara is suspended from her show and forced to stay at home out of sight of the press. The team tries to keep producing the show without her, to their dismay. 

James hugs Mrs. Hall while Siegfried stands by in front of a grassy lawn and stone house

'All Creatures Great and Small' Recap: Season 4 Episode 5

James finally has to leave for the air force, and set about preparing Skeldale for his absence and reckoning with leaving Helen and their coming child behind.

Nash and Eliza stand in the street

'Miss Scarlet and the Duke' Recap: Season 4 Episode 5

Eliza and Nash continue to clash in their approaches to running the business while they investigate an explosion at a newfangled telephone company.

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.