‘Bookish’ Brings Comfy Crime Set in Post-WWII London to the London TV Screenings

variety.com:

Jamie Lang Beta Film is bringing the new high-end drama “Bookish” to this year’s London TV Screenings, and the post-WWII London-set crime series is generating plenty of buzz.

A captivating new project created by “Sherlock” co-creator Mark Gatiss – who also leads the show’s cast – and screenwriter Matthew Sweet, “Bookish” promises viewers a sophisticated and modern exploration of post-WWII London, one that combines a cerebral crime drama with complex character dynamics and a nuanced view of the LGBTQ experience in a time of societal repression.

Produced by Eagle Eye Drama in association with Happy Duck Films and supported by the Belgian Tax Shelter, the series is heading to UKTV’s specialist crime drama channel, U&Alibi.

PBS Distribution holds the North American rights, and Beta Film handles world sales. Across six episodes, “Bookish” introduces a captivating world where intellect, emotion and mystery collide within a gritty and evolving London, pockmarked with craters from German airstrikes on the city but not without its charms. “As a viewer, you’re taken inside the splendor of the Savoy, and then when you step outside, you find a crater with plague corpses that were brought up to the surface during the bombings in front of a broken-down cathedral.