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Bookish

Call Number

  • DVD TV SERIES (CEN, OSH, WSQ)

Languages

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Performers

Mark Gatiss, Polly Walker, Connor Finch, Elliot Levey, Blake Harrison, Buket Kömür, Rosie Cavaliero, Ella Bruccoleri, Tim McInnerny, Gerard Horan, Daniel Mays, Luke Norris, Amanda Drew, Jacob Fortune-Lloyd, Jonas Nay, Joely Richardson, Paul McGann, Isabelle Connolly, Angeliki Papoulia.

Publication Information

[Arlington, Virginia] : PBS Distribution, [2026]

Physical Description

2 videodiscs (approximately 325 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

Not rated.

Added Uniform Title

Bookish (Television program)

Summary

"London 1946. The appropriately named Gabriel Book owns a bookshop in Archangel Lane. His wartime was packed with espionage and secrets and he finds that his peace time is just as full of adventure. Now, he helps the police solve the strangest of crimes and the knottiest of murders, but the time he spends with the force is not without its dangers. For although he is very happily married to his childhood best friend, the captivating Trottie, 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. Jack proves a worthy assistant both in the shop and in Book's murder investigations, but it soon becomes clear that Jack's appointment wasn't quite as random as it first seemed." --

Notes

Originally broadcast as individual episodes on British television in 2025 and in the US on PBS in 2026.

Contents

  • Disc 1. Slightly foxed, part 1 / Slightly foxed, part 2 / Deadly nitrate, part 1 / Deadly nitrate, part 2 / Disc 2. Such devoted sisters, part 1 / Such devoted sisters, part 2