How many episodes are in Bookish?

Bookish has 6 episodes in this listed season.

When does Bookish premiere?

Bookish premieres on 2026-01-11.

Is Bookish a new series?

Bookish is a returning series (Season 2).

Bookish(2025)

Archived · U&Alibi

7.2

6 eps

S02

CrimeMysteryDrama

Gabriel Book, proprietor of an antiquarian bookshop, relies on his vast collection to unravel baffling cases. He nurtures a group of lovable yet troubled individuals, providing informal protection and guidance.

Feels like

bookshop sleuthingperiod deductionquiet london menaceensemble character drama

ON AIR: JAN 11Season 2Archived listing

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Strongest Match

Agatha Christie's Seven Dials keeps the same patient, bookish-feeling deduction, where social scenes turn dangerous and every polite exchange can hide a clue. The country-house setup and tightly plotted revelations scratch that 1940s London mystery itch, but it’s more contained and more ensemble-driven than Bookish.

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Dead Simple, opens with Grace running inquiries into long forgotten cold cases with little or no prospect of success. He's fixated by the disappearance of his wife, Sandy, which haunts his thoughts. His unorthodox police methods have come under scrutiny once again, and Grace is walking a career tightrope and risks being moved from the job he loves most. With so much at stake, his colleague Detective Sergeant Glenn Branson knows he has more to give and asks him for help with a case. When a stag night prank appears to go wrong and the groom goes missing, Branson calls on Grace to unravel events that led to the mysterious disappearance of a successful property developer with everything to live for. Is this a case of stag night shenanigans gone wrong or something more sinister?

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Why This Pick

Grace delivers the same slow-burn cold-case tension, with a detective whose personal obsession bleeds into the work and makes each interview feel loaded. Bookish’s quiet menace and co-worker guidance show up here as methodical pressure and emotional persistence, but the tone is colder and more institutional.

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ITVX • Jul 20 • 2022

DramaCrime

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Karen Pirie matches Bookish’s taste for careful observation, where small inconsistencies and patient reinvestigation build dread one detail at a time. The dual-timeline cold-case structure and dry, unsentimental British tone keep the mystery-solving focus, while the contrast is more solitary and sharper, with less cozy ensemble warmth.

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