Bookish | Series 2 Preview (U&Alibi)

Aug 16

2 min read

Specialist crime drama, Bookish, created, written by and starring Mark Gatiss, returns for a second series on U&alibi.

Mark Gatiss stars as Gabriel Book, alongside Polly 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. The series also sees the return of Rosie Cavaliero as Ada Dredge, Gerard Horan as Mr Baseheart, Nadia Albina as Dr Calder and Jonas Nay as Felix.

London 1946: The appropriately named Gabriel Book 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 series two of ‘Bookish’, the bibliophile sleuth investigates the world of spiritualism as he helps to solve a baffling case involving medium Harold Sneed (Jason Watkins) and a séance full of suspects. Off Savile Row, Inspector Bliss (Elliot Levey) asks Book to help in a puzzling crime at a gentleman’s outfitters - the elderly tailor Maxie Kleinmann (Allan Corduner) is keen to confess to 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’ (Simon Callow) to thwart a thieving Duchess (Miranda Richardson) at Christmas time. However, festivities take a deadly turn when Book and Jack (Connor Finch) uncover secrets of their own in a castle brimming with shady characters.

Book’s association with the police continues to be not without its personal dangers and his lavender marriage with childhood best friend Trottie (Polly Walker), is threatened by the debonair Colonel Winters (Rupert Graves).

Along with Ruth Codd, series two guest stars include Jason Watkins as Harold Sneed, Miranda Richardson as Duchess Alberta, alongside Simon Callow as ‘E’, Rupert Graves as Colonel Reggie Winters, Claire Skinner as Mrs Calthrop, Youssef Kerkour as Yusuf, Allan Corduner as Maxie Kleinmann and many more.

Bookish returns Wednesday 26th August t 8pm on U&Alibi.