As fans get ready for Bookish to return to U&Alibi this summer, a first look trailer has been unveiled, teasing the cases that Gabriel Book will be taking on this time.
The new six-part season will of course see the show’s creator and star Mark Gatiss return, with his character set to take on three new cases in 1946 London.
Also returning and seen in the trailer are Polly Walker as Trottie Book, Connor Finch as Jack Blunt, Elliot Levey as Inspector Bliss, Blake Harrison as Sergeant Morris and Buket Kömür as Nora.
Meanwhile, guest stars appearing this time around include Outnumbered‘s Claire Skinner, The Game‘s Jason Watkins, Good Omens’s Miranda Richardson, Doctor Who‘s Simon Callow and Sherlock‘s Rupert Graves.
Youssef Kerkour (A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms), Allan Corduner (Call the Midwife), Ruth Codd (The Celebrity Traitors) will also be appearing.
Check out the thrilling trailer right here now.
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The synopsis for season 2 says that it sees Book investigating “the world of spiritualism as he helps to solve a baffling case involving medium Harold Sneed (Watkins) and a séance full of secrets”.
The synopsis continues: “Off Savile Row, Inspector Bliss (Levey) asks Book to help in a puzzling crime at a gentleman’s outfitters – the elderly tailor Maxie Kleinmann (Corduner) is keen to confess to murder but the evidence doesn’t quite stack up and points to something much more complex and sinister.
“And Book and Jack are sent to the seemingly charming German village of Würl by the mysterious ‘E’ (Callow) to thwart a thieving Duchess (Richardson) at Christmas time. However, festivities take a deadly turn when Book and Jack uncover secrets of their own in a castle brimming with shady characters.
“Book’s association with the police continues to be not without its personal dangers and his lavender marriage with childhood best friend Trottie, is threatened by the debonair Colonel Winters (Graves).”
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Episodes of the new season have been written by Gatiss, Matthew Sweet and Ian Hallard, with Gatiss previously teasing that the new run is “definitely more ambitious” than the first.
Earlier this year, Gatiss also revealed his hopes for the series to run and run for multiple seasons, and that he is already writing the show’s third run.
Bookish season 2 is coming to U&Alibi this summer.
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James Hibbs is a Drama Writer for Radio Times, covering programmes across both streaming platforms and linear channels. He previously worked in PR, first for a B2B agency and subsequently for international TV production company Fremantle. He possesses a BA in English and Theatre Studies and an NCTJ Level 5 Diploma in Journalism.
