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Shows Like All Creatures Great and Small

Darrowby's warmth — kind people, a found family, and stakes that feel enormous even when the world isn't ending — is its own particular comfort. Here's where to find more of it, and where to stream each one in the US.

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Call the Midwife

Call the Midwife

2012–present · BBC · PBS Masterpiece

Nurse-midwives and nuns serve London's East End from the late 1950s onward — the same big-hearted ensemble warmth as Darrowby, balanced with real emotional weight.

The Durrells in Corfu

The Durrells in Corfu

2016–2019 · ITV · PBS Masterpiece

A eccentric British family relocates to a sun-drenched Greek island — a different setting entirely, but the same gentle, character-driven charm and a found family full of warmth.

This one's ended — four series, complete.

Doc Martin

Doc Martin

2004–2022 · ITV · Acorn TV

A brilliant, socially awkward doctor relocates to a small Cornish fishing village — a similar fish-out-of-water setup to James Herriot's own arrival in Darrowby, with the same eccentric-locals warmth.

This one's ended — ten series, complete.

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Lark Rise to Candleford

Lark Rise to Candleford

2008–2011 · BBC One · BritBox

A young woman leaves her rural hamlet for a market town, discovering a whole community of farmers, craftsmen, and gentry — the same slow, pastoral charm and community-first storytelling as Darrowby.

This one's ended — four series, complete.

At a Glance
Watch on BritBox → Buy the Series →

Home Fires

Home Fires

2015–2016 · ITV · PBS Masterpiece

On the WWII home front, the women of a rural English village band together to keep the community intact — a bit more dramatic stakes than Darrowby, but the same rural-village found-family heart.

This one's ended — two series, complete.

Grantchester

Grantchester

2014–2026 · ITV · PBS Passport

A crime-solving vicar and his detective friend build their own version of a family in 1950s Cambridgeshire — a touch more plot-driven than Darrowby, but the same warm, character-first English village world.

At a Glance
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Sanditon

Sanditon

2019–2023 · ITV · PBS Masterpiece / BritBox

A young woman finds her footing in a picturesque English seaside town — the same warm Masterpiece Sunday-night charm, with a touch more romance than Darrowby's veterinary practice.

This one's ended — three series, complete.


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