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26/06/2025

Promo Released For Bookish On U&alibi

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The promo for U&alibi's new drama, Bookish (6x70') has been released, ahead of the series being available on the specialist crime-drama channel from 16th July.

Created, written by and starring Emmy Award-winning writer Mark Gatiss, the series is produced by Eagle Eye Drama, part of ITV Studios and, as international partner, Beta Film is handling the world sales, with PBS Distribution holding North American rights to series one.

London 1946 is the setting for series one, with viewers introduced to the appropriately named Gabriel Book (Gatiss) who owns a bookshop in Archangel Lane. If his War was packed with espionage and secrets, Book's Peace is just as full of adventure! Now he helps the police solve the strangest of crimes and the knottiest of murders. But his close association to the force is not without its dangers. For although he is very happily married to his childhood best friend, the captivating Trottie (played by Polly Walker), Book is a gay man living at a time when homosexuality was illegal. When Book and Trottie take in Jack it seems like an act of altruism: a second chance for a young jailbird.And Jack (played by Connor Finch) proves a worthy assistant both in the shop and in Book's murder investigations.

It soon becomes clear, however, that Jack’s appointment wasn’t quite as random as it at first appears…With a complex mystery at the heart of every story, featuring a wealth of well-known guest stars, marrying post-war nostalgia with the reckless and life affirming atmosphere of the times, Bookish is a stylish period detective drama with a difference.

The series also stars Elliot Levey as Inspector Bliss, Blake Harrison as Sergeant Morris, Buket Kömür as Nora, and a host of guest stars including Daniel Mays, Rosie Cavaliero, Joely Richardson, Paul McGann and many more.

Bookish has already been re-commissioned for a second series on U&alibi and there is a spin-off book series, written by Matthew Sweet and also titles Bookish, which will be released on 17th July. This will tell the crime stories from Nora's perspective.

Bookish is produced in association with Happy Duck Films and is supported by the Belgian Tax Shelter.
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