The Book Group
Season 1
TV-14
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...
Where to Watch Season 1
6 Episodes
- On the Road
E1On the RoadClare Pettengill arrives in Glasgow from Cincinnati and, in order to meet new, intellectually minded friends, establishes a book club whose members will discuss a new work each week. The group comprises local Janice, Dutch Fist and Swedish Dirka ,the wives or partners of top footballers, the taciturn wheelchair-bound Kenny, who is writing a book of his own, pretentious upper-class Barney, who turns down Clare's offer of sex and laddish Rab. They are not exactly what she was expecting but they are at least a book group. - The Alchemist
E2The AlchemistThe footballers' ladies are clearly dissatisfied with their menfolk whilst, on the phone, Clare lies to her mother about her non-existent social whirl. In a book-shop she tries to converse with Rab but he is too busy eying up the men. Kenny attracts a female admirer at the swimming bath where he is a receptionist but he is not interested. At the group meeting at Dirka's Fist confides in Clare that the book under discussion 'The Alchemist' has inspired her to leave her Bart ,so she sleeps in Barney's spare room. The group never gets to review the book and Clare shares a cab home with Kenny, who kisses her. - Magical Realism
E3Magical RealismKenny 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.
