{"id":54968,"date":"2024-07-18T10:00:57","date_gmt":"2024-07-18T08:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2074080"},"modified":"2024-07-18T16:22:50","modified_gmt":"2024-07-18T14:22:50","slug":"doctor-who-star-paul-mcgann-joins-mark-gatiss-in-alibis-bookish","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/doctor-who-star-paul-mcgann-joins-mark-gatiss-in-alibis-bookish\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctor Who star Paul McGann joins Mark Gatiss in Alibi\u2019s Bookish"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tim McInnerny and Elizabeth Berrington will also appear in the crime drama. <\/p>

By Morgan Jeffery\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Thursday, 18 July 2024 at 08:00 AM<\/p>

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Paul McGann is set for a major guest role in Bookish, the new crime drama written by and starring Mark Gatiss.<\/p>\n

Gatiss will play the \u201cerudite and unconventional\u201d Gabriel Book who, from his antiquarian bookshop, helps the police to solve crimes, with each case split across two episodes of the six-part series.<\/p>\n

McGann \u2013 best known for playing the Eighth Doctor in Doctor Who<\/a> \u2013 will star as Mr Kind in episodes 5 and 6, alongside Tim McInnerny (One Day) as \u2018D\u2019, Elizabeth Berrington (The Responder) as Sylvia Orr, Mark Umbers (Hotel Portofino) as Victor Orr and Angeliki Papoulia (The Lobster) as Princess Ruhije.<\/p>\n

They will join Gatiss, Polly Walker (Bridgerton) as Book\u2019s wife Trottie, Joely Richardson (The Gentlemen), Daniel Mays (The Long Shadow) and Jonas Nay (Deutschland 83) in the series, which is filming now in Belgium and will air on Alibi in 2025.<\/p>\n

Call the Midwife\u2019<\/a>s Ella Bruccoleri and Poldark\u2019s Luke Norris are also among the ensemble cast, alongside\u00a0The Inbetweeners\u2019 Blake Harrison.<\/p>\n

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Mark Gatiss and Polly Walker in Bookish.<\/span><\/figcaption> UKTV<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Guest star McGann recently recurred in two seasons of Alibi\u2019s detective series Annika<\/a> opposite Nicola Walker.<\/p>\n

Bookish is co-written with Matthew Sweet and will be directed by Carolina Giammetta (Suspect).<\/p>\n

The series synopsis reads: \u201cLondon, 1946 is the dynamic, dangerous and chaotic setting for this stylish new detective drama, with the eccentric Gabriel Book (Gatiss) at the very heart of the story: a self-appointed consultant detective to the local police. The thousands of books that line the shelves of his shop provide him with all the knowledge he needs.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gatiss said: \u201cI couldn\u2019t be more excited to be bringing this series to the screen, and to plunge viewers into our intoxicating version of post-War London. \u201cIt\u2019s an under-examined time and an under-examined world and Bookish is the strange, funny and thrilling show that I\u2019ve always wanted to make.\u201d<\/p>

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