UKTV preps new chapter of Bookish
FIRST LOOK: Jason Watkins, Miranda Richardson, Simon Callow and Ruth Codd are among the stars joining Mark Gatiss and Polly Walker in season two of Bookish, which has recently completed filming ahead of its return to UKTV’s U&alibi later this year.
Rupert Graves, Claire Skinner, Youssef Kerkour and Allan Corduner are also set to appear in the six-part season, which sees Gattiss reprise his role as Gabriel Book, Walker as Trottie Book and Connor Finch as Jack Blunt.
The series also stars Elliot Levey as Inspector Bliss, Blake Harrison as Sergeant Morris and Buket Kömür as Nora. Rosie Cavaliero returns as Ada Dredge, Gerard Horan as Mr Baseheart, Nadia Albina as Dr Calder and Jonas Nay as Felix.
In 1946 London, Book (Gatiss) 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.
In season two, Book investigates the world of spiritualism when he’s asked to help solve the mysterious case involving medium, Harold Sneed (Watkins). Off Savile Row, Bliss asks Book to help in a puzzling murder at a gentleman’s outfitters – the elderly tailor Maxie Kleinmann (Corduner) is keen to confess to the murder, but the evidence doesn’t quite stack up and points to something much more complex and sinister. And Book and Jack are sent to the seemingly charming German village of Würl by the mysterious ‘E’ (Callow) to thwart a thieving Duchess (Richardson) at Christmas time. However, festivities take a deadly turn when Book and Jack uncover secrets of their own, past and present, in an ominous castle brimming with plausible murder suspects.
Book’s close association to the police continues to be not without its personal dangers and his lavender marriage with childhood best friend Trottie is threatened by debonair Colonel Winters (Graves).
Bookish is created by Gatiss and is produced by Eagle Eye Drama in association with Happy Duck Films. Beta Film is handling world sales, with PBS Distribution holding North American rights.
The series is executive produced by Jo McGrath and Walter Iuzzolino for Eagle Eye and Helen Perry for UKTV. Carolina Giammetta returns as director and executive producer alongside producer Jake Harvey, with episodes written by Gatiss, Matthew Sweet and Ian Hallard.
Season two of Bookish will air on U&alibi later this year.
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