The Book Group
2002–2003 · Channel 4 · 30 min · 2 seasons
S02E06 · A'Salaam Insh'Allah
Sat, 1 Mar, 8:30 am
Jean has a party to celebrate her book deal. Kenny sings karaoke, Lachlan proposes to a reluctant Clare, and Janice gets very drunk and tells Rab she loves him.
About
Clare, a neurotic American, moves to Glasgow and starts a book group to meet new, interesting people. But Kenny, Dirka, Rab, Fist and Janice turn out to be rather more interesting than she bargained for...
Episodes
- E01
Sueños
Sat, 25 Jan· 30 minClare is living in apparent bliss with her artist boyfriend Lachlan, in a loft apartment with no furniture. But then her sister from hell comes to visit - and won't go away.
- E02
Hunger
Sat, 1 Feb· 30 minKenny brings along his new girlfriend, Carol Ann, to the book group, much to the irritation of all the women.
- E03
You Must Change Your Life
Sat, 8 Feb· 30 minKenny is doing a book tour and the women of the Outer Isles can't get enough of the author of 'Peaks in the Mist'. Meanwhile, Lachlan seems to be taking an awful lot of interest in Clare's sister.
- E04
Drowning
Sat, 15 Feb· 30 minClare becomes a caregiver after Lachlan is injured in an accident; Jean moves in with Fist.
- E05
Research
Sat, 22 Feb· 30 minThe group reads a dirty book, The Sexual History of Catherine M. Fist is impressed, and decides to organise group sex with Dirka. Lars and Bart. Meanwhile, Jean is mistaken for a prostitute while conducting research for her new book, and Clare meets Kenny's underage girlfriend, Harriet.
- E06
A'Salaam Insh'Allah
Sat, 1 Mar· 30 minJean has a party to celebrate her book deal. Kenny sings karaoke, Lachlan proposes to a reluctant Clare, and Janice gets very drunk and tells Rab she loves him.
Cast
Anne Dudek
Claire Pettengill
Derek Riddell
Rab
Michelle Gomez
Janice McCann
Rory McCann
Kenny McLeod
Saskia Mulder
Fist de Grooke
Bonnie Engstrom
Dirka
James Lance
Lachlan Glendenning
