The Book Group

Series 2 Episode 1
First Broadcast: Fri 24 January 2003

Clare is living in apparent bliss with her artist boyfriend Lachlan, in a loft apartment with no furniture. But then her sister from hell comes to visit - and won't go away...

    1. Series 1 Episode 1 On the Road

      Clare's book group starts to assemble. She meets Kenny, a handsome guy in a wheelchair who wants to be a writer;…

      • Very strong language
    2. Series 1 Episode 2 The Alchemist

      Kenny has an admirer at the leisure centre where he works, but does she know he's in a wheelchair? Meanwhile, Fist…

      • Strong language
    3. Series 1 Episode 3 Magical Realism

      Kenny is writing a book in which a beautiful woman who looks a lot like Fist shares a cabin in the hills with him…

      • Very strong language
    4. Series 1 Episode 4 Bedtime Stories

      Clare discovers Barney's on drugs, and decides it's her mission in life to save him. Meanwhile, Janice sleeps with the…

      • Strong language
    5. Series 1 Episode 5 Dark Alley

      Janice is hosting the book group and having an affair with Martin Logan, the author of this week's book. Martin doesn't…

      • Strong language
    6. Series 1 Episode 6 A Little More Living

      Barney has died of an overdose. His brother Lachlan arrives to tell Clare - and there is an instant spark between them…

      • Strong language
    1. Series 2 Episode 1 Sueños

      Clare is living in apparent bliss with her artist boyfriend Lachlan, in a loft apartment with no furniture. But then…

      • Strong language and scenes of a sexual nature
    2. Series 2 Episode 2 Hunger

      Kenny brings along his new girlfriend, Carole Anne, to the book group, much to the irritation of all the women.

      • Strong language and scenes of a sexual nature
    3. Series 2 Episode 3 You Must Change Your Life

      Kenny is doing a book tour and the women of the Outer Isles can't get enough of the author of 'Peaks in the Mist'…

      • Strong language
    4. Claire admits to Kenny she's not really an author. And something else... Series 2 Episode 4 Drowning

      Lachlan is in a brace, due to his unfortunate fall into the empty pool. He makes a terrible invalid, and Clare is no…

      • Strong language
    5. Series 2 Episode 5 Research

      The group reads a dirty book, The Sexual History of Catherine M. Fist is impressed, and decides to organise group sex…

      • Strong language
    6. Series 2 Episode 6 A'Salaam Insh'Allah

      Jean has a party to celebrate her book deal. Kenny sings karaoke, Lachlan proposes to a reluctant Clare, and Janice…

      • Strong language

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