| PBS | Season Premiere Date: January 11, 2026 |
Summary:
Gabriel Book (Mark Gatiss) and his wife Trottie (Polly Walker) own a bookshop in London. Gabriel hires Jack (Connor Finch) and helps Inspector Bliss (Elliot Levey) solve cases in the postwar mystery series created by Gatiss.
[Premiered originally in the UK on U&Alibi on 16 July 2025 and in the US on PBS on 11 Jan 2026]
[Premiered originally in the UK on U&Alibi on 16 July 2025 and in the US on PBS on 11 Jan 2026]
Genre(s):
Drama, Suspense
Season 1 Episodes
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Radio Times
Jul 16, 2025
Bookish is supremely watchable and provides us with a brilliant new TV detective, some craftily constructed puzzles and a fascinating look at post-war London. In fact, it really is saying something that the biggest problem with this first season is that some elements and characters end up feeling underutilised.
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The Telegraph
Jul 16, 2025
Jan 8, 2026
The Times
Jul 16, 2025
Bookish appears to be a simple, quintessentially English drama with beats of Agatha Christie (strychnine and prussic acid feature) but it is deceptively multifaceted and modern. Gatiss’s special power is in taking something we thought was established (eg Sherlock and Dracula) and giving it new wings. This is no exception.
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The Guardian
Jul 16, 2025
Overall Bookish is a fine piece of entertainment – meticulously worked, beautifully paced and decidedly moreish. (It was commissioned for a second series before the first began.) It has enough spikiness to stop it being formulaic but enough love for the genre to keep it comforting. A joy.
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Jan 8, 2026
Jan 7, 2026
On the whole across the first season, it seems like the show is still finding its footing. The spotty clues about who Jack is to Book and Trottie are handled with less grace than the murder mysteries, but are inherently more compelling, which can make it frustrating that the show takes so long to prioritize them.
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Air Date: January 11, 2026
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