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The Book Group

The Book Group

Description: After recently moving from America to Glasgow, Scotland, Clare Pettengill starts a book group in order to find new friends with similar interests. But she is surprised by the people she encounters at the group. Among the people she meets are a drug-addled postgraduate student, a disabled man who wants to be a writer, the frustrated wife of a Scottish footballer and an eccentric student, to whom Clare finds herself attracted. Although this is an eclectic group, the book club members do have something in common -- they are all lonely and looking for new friends.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Year Released: 2002
Number of seasons: 2
Number of episodes: 12
First episode air date: April 12, 2002
Program Creator: Annie Griffin
Network: Channel 4
Nominations: British Academy Television Award for Best Scripted Comedy, British Comedy Award for the Best Comedy Drama
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