PREVIEW/Q&A: Bookish starring Mark Gatiss & Polly Walker at BFI
By Neil Durham
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHEN? Monday 14 July, series drops from 16 July 2025 RUNTIME: Each of 6 episodes is 60 minutes
Gabriel Book is the name of the new detective creation by Mark Gatiss (The Motive And The Cue, National Theatre) who runs a London book shop in 1946 while not solving crime.
- Read on for reasons including how Bookish is fiendishly clever, hugely funny and tremendously moving








