The Book Group (2002)

Name: The Book Group
Rating: 7.2

Rating: 7.2

Synopsis

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...

First Air Date: 2002-04-12

Last Air Date: 2003-02-28

Number of Seasons: 2

Number of Episodes: 12

Created By: Annie Griffin

Networks: Channel 4

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Top Cast

Anne Dudek as Clare Pettengill
Michelle Gomez as Janice McCann
Saskia Mulder as Fist de Grooke
Rory McCann as Kenny McLeod
James Lance as Barney Glendenning
Derek Riddell as Rab
Bonnie Engstrom as Dirka
Karen Kilgariff as Jean Pettengill
Sara Vickers as Babysitter

Seasons

None (2002)

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...

Episodes:

Ep. 1: On the Road (2002-04-12)

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 student Barney, to whom Clare is strangely attracted...
Ep. 2: The Alchemist (2002-04-19)

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 her husband...
Ep. 3: Magical Realism (2002-04-26)

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 looks a lot like Barney falls in love with his student, a lovely American woman not unlike Clare.
Ep. 4: Bedtime Stories (2002-05-03)

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 confession to tell her priest, a big fan of the author.
Ep. 5: Dark Alley (2002-05-10)

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.
Ep. 6: A Little More Living (2002-05-17)

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 Dirka - but can he deliver in the flesh?