Bookish, a new British mystery show on PBS, starts Sunday, January 11. I haven't seen it yet, but a six episode show about a bookshop owner in post-war London who helps the police solve murders in post-war London sounds right up my alley. Mark Gatiss stars. 6 episodes.
Sunday, January 11, 10 p.m. EST, PBS.
From WSJ:
What the viewer will decide right off is that Book is the type of mischievous pedant who relishes setting grammarians straight about the sign on his shop, and displaying a similar sparkle while setting the police straight about the facts in a case. The constables don’t all appreciate the help, but Book has a chummy bond with Inspector Bliss (Elliot Levey), not to mention a “special letter from Churchill”—something he acknowledges whenever someone questions his status, or presence at a crime scene, or presumptuous interrogation of suspects. He merely taps his breast pocket, where the mysterious letter lies.
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