{"id":22217,"date":"2025-02-20T10:26:38","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T15:26:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/pbs-distribution-picks-up-bookish-for-north-america\/"},"modified":"2025-02-20T11:30:45","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T16:30:45","slug":"pbs-distribution-picks-up-bookish-for-north-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/pbs-distribution-picks-up-bookish-for-north-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Eagle Eye Drama Finds North American Rights Partner for Bookish"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PBS Distribution has bought the North American rights for Mark Gatiss\u2019s detective series <em>Bookish<\/em> from Eagle Eye Drama.<\/p>\n<p>The six-part series, set in 1946 London, centers on erudite and antiquarian bookshop owner Gabriel Book, who is called upon to help solve puzzling murders and other crimes. Gatiss (<em>The League of Gentlemen<\/em>, <em>Sherlock<\/em>) stars in the lead role.<\/p>\n<p>Polly Walker (<em>Bridgerton<\/em>, <em>Line of Duty<\/em>) stars alongside him as the bookshop owner\u2019s wife, Trottie, who owns a wallpaper shop next door. Though they love each other deeply, their partnership is a \u201clavender\u201d marriage because Book is gay.<\/p>\n<p>Other cast members include Connor Finch (<em>Everything I Know About Love<\/em>), Elliot Levey (<em>We Were the Lucky Ones<\/em>, <em>Quiz<\/em>), Blake Harrison (<em>The Inbetweeners<\/em>,<em> World on Fire<\/em>) and Buket K\u00f6m\u00fcr (<em>Our House<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>The lineup of guest stars features Joely Richardson (<em>The Gentleman<\/em>, <em>The Ballad of Renegade Nell<\/em>), Daniel Mays (<em>A Thousand Blows<\/em>, <em>The Long Shadow<\/em>), Paul McGann (<em>Luther<\/em>, <em>Withnail &amp; I<\/em>), Jonas Nay (<em>Deutschland 83<\/em>, <em>Concordia<\/em>), Elizabeth Berrington (<em>Doctor Who<\/em>, <em>The Office<\/em>), Rosie Cavaliero (<em>Vera Drake<\/em>, <em>Jane Eyre<\/em>), Rina Krasniqi (<em>Silence of the Sirens<\/em>, <em>Okarina<\/em>). Angeliki Papoulia (<em>Dogtooth<\/em>, <em>The Lobster<\/em>), Jacob Fortune-Lloyd (<em>Midas Man<\/em>, <em>The Queen\u2019s Gambit<\/em>) and Mark Benton (<em>Patience<\/em>, <em>Eddie the Eagle<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p><em>Bookish<\/em> is directed by Carolina Giammetta, director of drama at Eagle Eye, and is being produced in association with Happy Duck Films. It is supported by the Belgian Tax Shelter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m absolutely thrilled that PBS Distribution has welcomed <em>Bookish<\/em> into its domain!\u201d Gatiss said. \u201cThe show couldn\u2019t have a more prestigious and legendary \u2018partner in crime!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are delighted to be partnering once again with our colleagues at PBS Distribution on our brand-new Mark Gatiss detective series,\u201d said Jo McGrath, chief creative officer at Eagle Eye Drama. \u201cOver the years, our great editorial and strategic synergy has resulted in teaming up on a range of fantastic returnable procedural series such as ITV\u2019s <em>Professor T<\/em> and Channel 4\u2019s <em>Patience<\/em>, not to mention the historical family drama <em>Hotel Portofino<\/em>, which has wrapped its third season. Mark Gatiss has created a standout, delicious new detective in Gabriel Book, and we are excited to bring his impeccable, sophisticated writing and uniquely and iconically British sensibility to audiences in North America.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PBS Distribution has bought the North American rights for Mark Gatiss\u2019s detective series Bookish from Eagle Eye Drama.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":22219,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[8860,3505,8986,8045,2840,2714],"class_list":["post-22217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-bookish","tag-eagle-eye-drama","tag-happy-duck-films","tag-jo-mcgrath","tag-mark-gatiss","tag-pbs-distribution","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Eagle Eye Drama Finds North American Rights Partner for Bookish - TVDRAMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/pbs-distribution-picks-up-bookish-for-north-america\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Eagle Eye Drama Finds North American Rights Partner for Bookish - TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"PBS Distribution has bought the North American rights for Mark Gatiss\u2019s detective series Bookish from Eagle Eye Drama.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/pbs-distribution-picks-up-bookish-for-north-america\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-02-20T15:26:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-02-20T16:30:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/02\/2025-02-20-EagleEyeDrama-Bookish-0225.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"394\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/pbs-distribution-picks-up-bookish-for-north-america\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/pbs-distribution-picks-up-bookish-for-north-america\/\",\"name\":\"Eagle Eye Drama Finds North American Rights Partner for Bookish - TVDRAMA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-02-20T15:26:38+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-02-20T16:30:45+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/pbs-distribution-picks-up-bookish-for-north-america\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/pbs-distribution-picks-up-bookish-for-north-america\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/pbs-distribution-picks-up-bookish-for-north-america\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Eagle Eye Drama Finds North American Rights Partner for Bookish\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\",\"name\":\"TVDRAMA\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\",\"name\":\"Jamie Stalcup\",\"description\":\"Jamie Stalcup is the executive editor of World Screen. 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