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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!


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'Marie Antoinette' Recap: Season 2 Episode 5

Provence and Josephine scheme to discredit Louis while Cardinal Rohan is arrested for the theft of the diamond necklace and Antoinette urges a trial against him.

'Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light' Recap: Episode 5

Cromwell's enemies scheme against him as he tries to salvage a marriage he helped organize between King Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves. 

'Call the Midwife' Recap: Season 14 Episode 4

The midwives help a single mother whose son suffered a brain infection after getting measles as a young child.

'Whitstable Pearl' Recap: Episode 1

Pearl Nolan is a restaurateur and amateur private detective who finds herself investigating the death of a friend and supplier, to the skepticism of the police.

'Marie Antoinette' Recap: Season 2 Episode 4

Antoinette realizes that she is unpopular and satirized in public and tries to remake her image, while Jeanne moves forward in her acquisition of the diamond necklace.

'Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light' Recap: Episode 4

The appearance of a daughter he didn't know existed has Cromwell rethinking his life, even as he must help the king cope with the loss of his wife and organize a new, advantageous marriage.

'Call the Midwife' Recap: Season 14 Episode 3

Eager parents decide that they cannot give a daughter born with spina bifida what she needs, while Joyce helps two antagonistic neighbors living in a squalid estate.

'Marie Antoinette' Recap: Season 2 Episode 3

Jeanne manipulates the Cardinal Rohan in furtherance of her plan to acquire a diamond necklace while Antoinette sets about acquiring a property of her own for protection, lest something should happen to Louis. 

'Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light' Recap: Episode 3

While Henry starts to despair of having a son with Jane Seymour, rebels in the north cause further despondency – and rage, which searches for a scapegoat in his court. 

'Call the Midwife' Recap: Season 14 Episode 2

Trixie helps an expectant mother just released from a psychiatric hospital while the nurses try to track and treat an outbreak of gonorrhea in Poplar. 

'Marie Antoinette' Recap: Season 2 Episode 2

Beaumarchais convinces Louis to allow a performance of his play The Marriage of Figaro, then creates more drama through his casting of Marie Antoinette in it.

'Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light' Recap: Episode 2

The king tasks Cromwell with finding beneficial matches for his daughter and niece, but a secret affair is soon discovered, while Cromwell revisits a figure from his past as a servant of the cardinal. 

'Call the Midwife' Recap: Season 14 Episode 1

Protests complicate an already complicated birth, while a religious family's belief in an immaculate conception tries the midwives. And Roger's mother disapproves of Nancy as they get engaged. 

'Marie Antoinette' Recap: Season 2 Episode 1

Marie Antoinette has been queen for a decade and is pregnant with another child, but thieves and traitors stalk Versailles.

'Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light' Recap: Episode 1

Anne of Boleyn is gone, but new dangers await Thomas Cromwell, who must now reconcile King Henry to his daughter Mary, despite their disagreement over the Church of England.