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The Book Group(TV show/series, 2002-2003)

FSK: 16+ years
| 25min per episode | Genres: Drama, Comedy

Scripted Reality in 2 seasons with 12 episodes

The Book GroupRating: 3.5/5 (with 6 votes)
The Book Group is a British comedy drama that was broadcast on Channel 4 between 2002 and 2003 and ran for two seasons. It was written and directed by the American-born, Glasgow resident Annie Griffin, who also wrote and directed Festival. It was the winner of two BAFTA Scotland awards. In January 2006, it was announced that screenwriter Andrew Davies would make a feature film adaptation of The Book Group for Film 4, but the project was never started. ()
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About The Book Group

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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The Book Group Seasons and Episodes

01/24/2003Season 2 - 6 episodes
The Glasgow book group is back. As the group struggle to get through Don Quixote, Clare is facing a formidable windmill of her own in the guise of older sister, Jean, who wants to move to Glasgow from Cincinnati.
#1 | 01/24/2003Sueños
Clare is living in apparent bliss with her artist boyfriend Lachlan, in a loft apartment with no furniture. But then her sister from hell comes to visit - and won't go away.
#2 | 01/31/2003Hunger
Kenny brings along his new girlfriend, Carole Anne, to the book group, much to the irritation of all the women.
#3 | 02/07/2003You Must Change Your Life
Kenny is doing a book tour and the women of the Outer Isles can't get enough of the author of 'Peaks in the Mist'. Meanwhile, Lachlan seems to be taking an awful lot of interest in Clare's sister.
#4 | 02/14/2003Drowning
Lachlan is in a brace, due to his unfortunate fall into the empty pool. He makes a terrible invalid, and Clare is no good at changing bedpans.
#5 | 02/21/2003Research
The group reads a dirty book, The Sexual History of Catherine M. Fist is impressed, and decides to organise group sex with Dirka. Lars and Bart. Meanwhile, Jean is mistaken for a prostitute while conducting research for her new book, and Clare meets Kenny's underage girlfriend, Harriet.
#6 | 02/28/2003A'Salaam Insh'Allah
Jean has a party to celebrate her book deal. Kenny sings karaoke, Lachlan proposes to a reluctant Clare, and Janice gets very drunk and tells Rab she loves him.
04/12/2002Season 1 - 6 episodes
12/12/2002Specials - 1 episode

Additional Information

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Production country: United Kingdom (UK)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 1 language: English (EN)
Status: Ended
First episode released on: 04/12/2002
Last episode released on: 02/28/2003
Creator: Annie Griffin

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WatchPlayStream ID: SHOWS:1473, Added: 05/11/2018, Last updated: 03/13/2024