Bookish
DramaCrime2025Rated 6.6
In 1946 London, Gabriel Book runs a bookshop on Archangel Lane and uses the skills he learned in wartime intelligence to help the police with murders. His first case starts with skeletons found at a bomb site.
Starring Mark Gatiss, Polly Walker, Connor Finch
Next season
Season 3announced, no date yet
All at once, 6 episodes, last aired Wed, 26 Aug 2026
Is it for me?
A light, unhurried mystery for people who like their murders with irony and good manners rather than gore, and who find Marple too gentle. Book reads a crime from dust patterns and an odd choice of poison, then ends up in a foot chase through fog-thick streets. Mark Gatiss clearly enjoys playing him, and Nora, the neighbour girl, steals every scene she gets.
Before you start
Each season is three two-part stories, so a case gets two episodes to play out while the characters' longer storylines build underneath.
2 seasons, 12 episodes, 53 min each, about 11 hours so far
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In 1946 London, Gabriel Book runs a bookshop on Archangel Lane and uses the skills he learned in wartime intelligence to help the police with murders. His first case starts with skeletons found at a bomb site.
Starring Mark Gatiss, Polly Walker, Connor Finch
Is it for me?
A light, unhurried mystery for people who like their murders with irony and good manners rather than gore, and who find Marple too gentle. Book reads a crime from dust patterns and an odd choice of poison, then ends up in a foot chase through fog-thick streets. Mark Gatiss clearly enjoys playing him, and Nora, the neighbour girl, steals every scene she gets.
Before you start
Each season is three two-part stories, so a case gets two episodes to play out while the characters' longer storylines build underneath.
2 seasons, 12 episodes, 53 min each, about 11 hours so far
Season 3: nothing to list until it's dated
- E01Slightly Foxed - Part OneAired Wed 16 Jul
- E02Slightly Foxed - Part TwoAired Wed 16 Jul
- E03Deadly Nitrate - Part OneAired Wed 16 Jul
- E04Deadly Nitrate - Part TwoAired Wed 16 Jul
- E05Such Devoted Sisters - Part OneAired Wed 16 Jul
- E06Such Devoted Sisters - Part TwoAired Wed 16 Jul
- S01E01Slightly Foxed - Part One16 Jul 2025
- S01E02Slightly Foxed - Part Two16 Jul 2025
- S01E03Deadly Nitrate - Part One16 Jul 2025
- S01E04Deadly Nitrate - Part Two16 Jul 2025
- S01E05Such Devoted Sisters - Part One16 Jul 2025
- S01E06Such Devoted Sisters - Part Two16 Jul 2025