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Drama & Mystery

Explore WTTW Dramas and Mysteries

This is your home and companion for the best PBS dramas and mysteries from the UK, Scandinavia, and beyond. Here you’ll find the latest news across your favorite drama and mystery shows, incisive recaps you can read if you missed something, behind-the-scenes interviews with actors and producers, the Dramalogue newsletter, and more. And WTTW Passport members enjoy exclusive early and full library access!

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Inspector George Gently

Gently and the New Age

When Gently is asked to look into a young woman's unsolved murder, he hopes to expose one last cover-up before retiring from the force. Still at odds with his superior, Bacchus asks for Rachel's help investigating the murder of a worker killed during a picket riot. Both cases seem to be linked to a charismatic and ambitious politician.

My Life is Murder

Killer Fashion

The case of a young model's death backstage at a show sees Alexa facing off with a former supermodel as she investigates some killer fashion.

The Madame Blanc Mysteries

Windows

To collect on a 30-year-old gambling debt, a gangster named Sonny threatens to pay Uncle Patrick a visit in Saint Victoire. To save Patrick, Jean must solve a riddle and unlock a rare treasure.

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Dramalogue

For drama and mystery lovers, this newsletter features previews and recaps for new and upcoming series, serves up recipes that go along with your favorite shows, and brings you the latest need-to-knows in the drama world.

Recaps

'Call the Midwife' Season 7 Episode 3 Recap

A family learns some terrible news, and Trixie is devastated that she's unable to help them more. Valerie makes a new friend, but she soon shares a difficult secret with dark complications. In lighter news, Fred and Violet throw a beauty pageant!

'Call the Midwife' Season 7 Episode 2 Recap

When a patient suffers a devastating complication, her mother blames Lucille out of racism. Valerie tries to welcome the new nurse to Nonnatus despite the prejudice of the East End. Sister Winifred opens her motherhood class to husbands.

'Call the Midwife' Season 7 Episode 1 Recap

As the record-breaking winter of 1963 continues, Nonnatus House is getting a new midwife, who, despite weather delays and illness, is quickly thrown into the thick of work. Nurse Crane tries to fend off the eviction of a dying old woman and her devoted husband.

'Call the Midwife' Recap: Season 7 Holiday Special

It's a crippling holiday season in Poplar, with subzero temperatures and mounds of snow. Valerie attends to a scared young woman living in a trailer, Nurse Julienne attempts to reconcile an estranged mother and daughter, and Nurse Crane makes an enemy. 

'Last Tango in Halifax' Recap: Holiday Special Part Two

As Christmas approaches, Alan faces humiliation while Celia is excited for the opening of their play. Caroline is beginning to doubt her career and life change, and Gillian and Robbie's marriage continues to prove less than perfect.

'Last Tango in Halifax' Recap: Holiday Special Part One

Ghosts of all sorts are showing up in Halifax, as Caroline gets a now job and moves into a new house with Alan and Celia in tow. Gillian begins to fear someone – or something – is out to get Robbie, and Celia takes up a new hobby.

The Latest in Drama & Mystery

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A First Look at Season Two of 'The Forsytes'

Ann continues to preside over the fractious Forsytes family in a second season of the historical drama, for which we now have a preview. 

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A Sneak Peek at the Last Season of 'Miss Scarlet'

The seventh season of Miss Scarlet will be its last, and we now have a first look at the upcoming farewell. See the familiar faces returning, including a couple after a season away. 

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We Have a Season 7 Trailer for 'All Creatures Great and Small'

Watch a trailer for the upcoming season of All Creatures Great and Small, which is coming to WTTW and PBS in January, 2027. 

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A First Look at Season 7 of 'All Creatures Great and Small'

Take a look at some photos from the upcoming seventh season of All Creatures Great and Small, which will premiere in January. 

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A New Reimagining of 'Monarch of the Glen' Is Coming to WTTW and PBS

Set in the Scottish Highlands, the new Monarch of the Glen follows a London lawyer who returns to her ancestral home and finds it under great debt.

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'The Portrait of a Lady' Is Coming to Masterpiece

Henry James' classic novel is receiving its first new adaptation in decades, starring Jim Sturgess, Gemma Arterton, Bill Nighy, and more.