Saturday Night Dramas

Saturday nights from 8 – 11 p.m. on WHYY-TV 12

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A quirky doctor. Whimsical small-town detectives. An eccentric professor. Grab your slippers and tea for a night of back-to-back European drama.

Saturdays at 8 p.m. | Doc Martin Season 5

The hot-headed Dr. Martin Ellingham (Martin Clunes) is a new dad and he’s taking to it with his usual grace. As he and local schoolteacher Louisa Glasson (Caroline Catz) adjust to life as new parents, they struggle to decide whether or not to stay in the charming British town Portwenn, and what to name the baby…

Saturdays at 9 p.m. | Midsomer Murders Season 14

Reclusive elderly eccentrics, a donkey sanctuary, cult disappearances — Detective Chief Inspector Tom Barnaby, and later his successor, cousin John Barnaby, investigate unusual scandals and deadly deeds that lurk just beneath the well-manicured surface of the seemingly idyllic county of Midsomer.

Saturdays at 10 p.m. | Professor T Season 1 | Past episodes »

Eccentric criminal psychologist Professor T and his trusted team are called to crack impossible cases for the Belgian federal police in Antwerp. In Flemish with English subtitles.