Overview

• The first two episodes secured audience shares of 2.5% and 2.0%, vastly outpacing the network’s typical slot figures
• Critics have praised the series for its clever plotting, meticulous 1946 London backdrop and modern approach to queer representation
• Drawing on his wartime intelligence background, Gabriel Book leverages a “Churchill letter” and his antiquarian bookshop’s filing system to solve each standalone mystery
• Bookish was greenlit for a second season before its premiere, with Mark Gatiss and the central cast—Polly Walker, Connor Finch, Buket Kömür, Elliot Levey and Blake Harrison—set to return
• UKTV’s strategic investment and international distribution deals have placed the six-part drama on demand across Sky, Virgin, BT and TalkTalk