The Book Group
The Book Group
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The Book Group

Who ever said reading was dull?

7.1 / 10
2002
2 seasons
12 episodes
DramaComedy

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...

  • On the Road

    1.On the Road

    12-04-200224m

    Clare'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...

  • The Alchemist

    2.The Alchemist

    19-04-200224m

    Kenny 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...

  • Magical Realism

    3.Magical Realism

    26-04-200223m

    Kenny 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...

  • Bedtime Stories

    4.Bedtime Stories

    03-05-200224m

    Clare 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...

  • Dark Alley

    5.Dark Alley

    10-05-200224m

    Janice 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.

  • A Little More Living

    6.A Little More Living

    17-05-200224m

    Barney 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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