The Book Group
“Who ever said reading was dull?”
Clare, a neurotic American, moves to Glasgow and starts a book group to meet new, interesting people. But Kenny, Dirka, Rab, Fist and Janice are more interesting than she bargained for...
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First series of the dark comedy about a dysfunctional book group in Glasgow. A lonely Clare has just moved to Scotland and is extremely keen to meet some new, interesting people. Naturally, she decides to start a book group...
1.On the Road
12-04-200224mClare's book group starts to assemble. She meets Kenny, a handsome guy in a wheelchair who wants to be a writer; Janice, the frustrated wife of a Scottish footballer; and eccentric...
2.The Alchemist
19-04-200224mKenny has an admirer at the leisure centre where he works, but does she know he's in a wheelchair? Meanwhile, Fist decides to follow some advice from this week's book - and leave h...
3.Magical Realism
26-04-200223mKenny is writing a book in which a beautiful woman who looks a lot like Fist shares a cabin in the hills with him. Clare is also writing a book, in which a handsome professor who l...
4.Bedtime Stories
03-05-200224mClare discovers Barney's on drugs, and decides it's her mission in life to save him. Meanwhile, Janice sleeps with the famous thriller writer, Martin Logan, and can't wait to go to...
5.Dark Alley
10-05-200224mJanice hosts the book group as they discuss the book written by the author she is having an affair with. But the group can't seem to focus on their subject.
6.A Little More Living
17-05-200224mBarney has died of an overdose. His brother Lachlan arrives to tell Clare - and there is an instant spark between them. Meanwhile, Kenny's literary fantasies intrigue Fist and Dirk...
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