The Book Group

The Book Group Introduction

series one 2002; series two 2003

The Book Group

Series One

American Claire has just moved to Glasgow and is extremely keen to meet some new and interesting people. She decides to start a book group. To her utter dismay, those who turn up for the first session are not the friends she had hoped for.

There's Kenny, a handsome ex climber in a wheelchair, Janice, the frustrated wife of a famous Scottish footballer, and eccentric student Barney - the one guest Claire actually does fancy.

The Book Group is about this intriguing cast of characters who are all trying to make new friends, new lives and new versions of themselves. But pretty soon, things get compllcated.

Who says reading is good for you?

series two

Claire is living in apparent bliss with her artist boyfriend Lachlan in a loft apartment with no furniture. But then, the sister from hell, Jean, comes to visit. She really likes Glasgow, and she won't go away.

Handsome Kenny is attracting a great deal of attraction from the ladies as he has just published his first book. Meanwhile Rab meets Anselmo, Spanish goalkeeper, and falls in love.

Dirka is pregnant and Fist wants to be pregnant too, so she turns to the group to find her man...

Join this unlikely clan of personalities as they search for the perfect book in the hope that it will make everything better. But as they discover, life isn't like that.

A little reading can be dangerous...