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Broadcast date

2002-04-12 • 6 episodes

First series of the dark comedy about a dysfunctional book group in Glasgow. A lonely Clare has just moved to Scotland and is extremely keen to meet some new, interesting people. Naturally, she decides to start a book group...

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Episodes of this season

1. On the Road

event 2002-04-12 • schedule 24m

Clare's book group starts to assemble. She meets Kenny, a handsome guy in a wheelchair who wants to be a writer; Janice, the frustrated wife of a Scottish footballer; and eccentric student Barney, to whom Clare is strangely attracted...

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2. The Alchemist

event 2002-04-19 • schedule 24m

Kenny has an admirer at the leisure centre where he works, but does she know he's in a wheelchair? Meanwhile, Fist decides to follow some advice from this week's book - and leave her husband...

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3. Magical Realism

event 2002-04-26 • schedule 23m

Kenny is writing a book in which a beautiful woman who looks a lot like Fist shares a cabin in the hills with him. Clare is also writing a book, in which a handsome professor who looks a lot like Barney falls in love with his student, a lovely American woman not unlike Clare.

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4. Bedtime Stories

event 2002-05-03 • schedule 24m

Clare discovers Barney's on drugs, and decides it's her mission in life to save him. Meanwhile, Janice sleeps with the famous thriller writer, Martin Logan, and can't wait to go to confession to tell her priest, a big fan of the author.

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5. Dark Alley

event 2002-05-10 • schedule 24m

Janice hosts the book group as they discuss the book written by the author she is having an affair with. But the group can't seem to focus on their subject.

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6. A Little More Living

End of season • event 2002-05-17 • schedule 24m

Barney has died of an overdose. His brother Lachlan arrives to tell Clare - and there is an instant spark between them. Meanwhile, Kenny's literary fantasies intrigue Fist and Dirka - but can he deliver in the flesh?

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This season's cast

Anne Dudek
Clare Pettengill

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Michelle Gomez
Janice McCann

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Saskia Mulder
Fist de Grooke

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James Lance
Barney Glendenning

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Rory McCann
Kenny McLeod

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Derek Riddell
Rab

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Bonnie Engstrom
Dirka

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