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'Bookish' Season 1 Concludes with "Such Devoted Sisters"
'Bookish's final pair of episodes delves into the twisted relationship of "Such Devoted Sisters" as Jack works through his feelings.
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'Bookish' Goes Meta in the Two-Part "Deadly Nitrate"
The two-part "Deadly Nitrate" gives 'Bookish' a chance to go to the movies.
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'Bookish' Gets a Bit More Foxed as the Case Comes Together
The second half of 'Bookish's first case keeps its plates spinning with confidence.
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'Bookish's Series Premiere Is "Slightly Foxed"
PBS's newest series, 'Bookish', is an utter delight in its quiet rebellious way.
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'Bookish' Adds a Dozen Guest Stars for Season 2
PBS first announced it would pick up the Mark Gatiss-penned series Bookish in February 2025, a few months ahead of the show's summer-slated premiere in the U.K. At the time, the show was declared as coming sometime in "the 2025-2026 TV season, and scuttlebutt suggested it
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'Bookish' Books Returning Cast for Season 2
If PBS' announcement that Grantchester will end with Season 11 in 2026 feels like the end of an era, that's because it is. The last Masterpiece show still on the air that launched during the Downton Abbey era, Grantchester, was one of the very few series left
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The First Trailer for 'Bookish' Has Everyone's Favorite Kind of Circumstances
A mystery series where the amateur detective is a book merchant who uses his love of history and literature to solve crimes sounds like a show made for PBS. Add stars Mark Gatiss (Sherlock) and Polly Walker (Bridgerton) as the couple in the center of the series who lead the
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'Bookish' Shrewdly Renewed for Season 2 As First Clip Arrives
It's renewal season in TV land as networks roll out their plans for the 2025-2026 television season. In America, the scene has been somewhat grim, as more scripted series are canceled than renewed on broadcast networks, with some networks going down to just four or five shows for
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'Bookish' Officially Confirmed to Debut on PBS
The end of February brings the yearly event MIP TV, where many series gather to convince international buyers to pick up the rights to air them. Until 2024, the event was France-based, held in Cannes, as a sort of pre-show to the Cannes Film Festival a few weeks later. However,
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'Woman of Stone': A Pleasant Slice of Christmas Victorian Terror
Despite being an oddity for 1970s British television, A Ghost Story for Christmas is now considered the ideal, classic form of British horror filmmaking. The films (around 30-50 minutes long) were produced by the BBC and broadcast around Christmas for eight years straight. With one exception, they were all directed
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Anne Boleyn Falls in 'Wolf Hall's' Finale, "Master of Phantoms"
Last week, Thomas Cromwell did the right thing for the country and saved Henry VIII's life. He will not live to repent that decision in leisure. This week, his choice comes back to bite him. Wolf Hall reaches its inevitable conclusion as Anne Boleyn fails to save herself.
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'Wolf Hall's' Penultimate Episode Leaves Cromwell for the "Crows"
Much like William Shakespeare's history plays, Wolf Hall takes history (in this case, history that happened just before Shakespeare's time) and retells it via the sensibilities of modern authors. However, much like plays like Julius Caesar and The Henriad, the dramatic liberties novelist Hillary Mantel and