UKTV releases first-look images for new Mark Gatiss drama Bookish

UKTV has released first-look images for upcoming postwar drama Bookish, written, created by and starring Mark Gatiss (The League of Gentlemen).

The six-part drama follows Gabriel Book, who solves crimes from his antiquarian bookshop. Three cases will span two episodes each, as Book will need all his wits – and the volumes lining his shelves – to deliver justice.

In 1946, Book keeps his sexuality hidden with a ‘lavender marriage’ to Trottie (Polly Walker, Bridgerton), who runs the wallpaper shop next door.

Polly Walker looks in a shop window stocked with glass and silverware — Polly Walker as shopkeeper and Gabriel’s wife Trottie (credit: UKTV)

Also in the cast are Paul McGann (Withnail and I), Tim McInnerny (One Day), Elizabeth Berrington (Last Night in Soho), Mark Umbers (Hotel Portofino) and Angeliki Papoulia (The Lobster).

Michael Workéyè holds a black clapperboard, focused on something off-camera, at which a couple of people behind him are also looking. One of the people operates a piece of machinery, possibly a mount for a camera — Michael Workéyè as Billy Fox (credit: UKTV)

They’ll be joined by Joey Richardson (Renegade Nell), Jonas Nay (Deutschland 83), Blake Harrison (World on Fire), Rosie Cavaliero (Funny Woman), Amanda Drew (The Gold) and Jacob Fortune-Lloyd (The Great).