Mark Gatiss stars as a queer anquitarian bookseller who uses his esoteric wares to help solve crimes in post WWII London.
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The first images are here from Bookish, the forthcoming Alibi series that's also a charmingly refreshing new entry in the long tradition of British crime dramas about people with normal day jobs who also help solve murders on the side. As the title indicates, this time around, the
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When PBS Passport launched in 2019, it only had two shows: Rick Steves' Europe and The Great British Baking Show. However, it wasn't long before a brand new anthology series brought new content to PBS members: Walter's Choice, which in 2023 rechristened itself back to
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Bookish may be one of the most PBS-coded shows to come out of the U.K. The series, which stars PBS fan-favorites Mark Gatiss (Moonflower Murders) and Polly Walker (Bridgerton), focuses on a gay bookshop owner in post-war London who uses his love of reading (and his easy access to
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Filming has officially begun on Bookish, the latest entry in the longstanding British mystery tradition of "people with increasingly random jobs who also help the police solve murders for fun". This one, perhaps the most perfectly imagined TV take on this concept yet, focuses on a gay bookshop
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It is a truth universally acknowledged that in the world of British drama, you don't need to be Sherlock Holmes to solve crime. No, really; in many of the U.K.'s popular dramas, you don't need to be trained as a detective or honestly