The Book Group

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"Who ever said reading was dull?"

2002- 2003

2 Seasons

12 Episodes

7.2(18 votes)

Ended

Drama

Comedy

Overview

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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Pirate Productions

Episodes

No episodes found for this season.

The people behind it

Cast & crew

8 featured cast members

Starring

Anne Dudek

Anne Dudek

Clare Pettengill

Michelle Gomez

Michelle Gomez

Janice McCann

Saskia Mulder

Saskia Mulder

Fist de Grooke

Karen Kilgariff

Karen Kilgariff

Jean Pettengill

Rory McCann

Rory McCann

Kenny McLeod

Derek Riddell

Derek Riddell

Rab

Bonnie Engstrom

Dirka

James Lance

James Lance

Lachlan Glendenning

Creative team

Created by: Annie Griffin

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