'Bookish' Officially Confirmed to Debut on PBS
The end of February brings the yearly event MIP TV, where many series gather to convince international buyers to pick up the rights to air them. Until 2024, the event was France-based, held in Cannes, as a sort of pre-show to the Cannes Film Festival a few weeks later. However, the event has decided to move house from the warm sands of southern France to London, rechristening itself as "London TV" or "MIP London." With the event still a few days away, Beta Films has announced it will be bringing the Eagle Eye Drama mystery series Bookish, created by and starring Mark Gatiss (Moonflower Murders), to the festival with PBS on board for U.S. distribution.
We here at Telly Visions have been stumping for PBS to pick up Bookish since the series was first revealed to be going into production; the series is so PBS-coded that anywhere else would be a crime against television. The mystery-of-the-week series features Gatiss as Gabriel Book, an antiquarian bookseller who uses his tomes to solve murders. He's joined by Bridgerton's Polly Walker, who plays Book's wife, Trottie, the charming owner of the wallpaper shop next door.
(Is there anything more PBS than a show where an antiquarian bookshop owner also solves crimes? I think not.)
