Overview
- UKTV released a teaser on Thursday that confirms a six-part run with a summer launch on U&Alibi, with the exact date still to come.
- Creator-star Mark Gatiss returns, with episodes written by Gatiss, Matthew Sweet and Ian Hallard, and he says the new run is more ambitious as he writes a third season.
- Polly Walker, Connor Finch, Elliot Levey, Blake Harrison and Buket Kömür return, joined by guest stars Jason Watkins, Miranda Richardson, Simon Callow, Rupert Graves, Claire Skinner and Allan Corduner.
- The season’s synopsis outlines three cases that span a séance with medium Harold Sneed, a puzzling confession at a Savile Row tailor and a trip to the German village of Würl to confront a thieving duchess at Christmas.
- Distribution is widening as HBO Max acquires the series for Australia and new deals push Bookish past 100 territories, signaling strong international momentum ahead of the new season.