8.3/1037 votesLoading...#1 - The Alchemist
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/19/2002
Kenny has an admirer at the leisure centre where he works, but does she know he's in a wheelchair? Meanwhile, Fist decides to follow some advice from this week's book - and leave her husband...
Director: Annie Griffin
Writer: Annie Griffin
8.3/1020 votesLoading...#2 - Research
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 2/21/2003
The group reads a dirty book, The Sexual History of Catherine M. Fist is impressed, and decides to organise group sex with Dirka. Lars and Bart. Meanwhile, Jean is mistaken for a prostitute while conducting research for her new book, and Clare meets Kenny's underage girlfriend, Harriet.
Director: Annie Griffin
Writer: Annie Griffin
8.2/1024 votesLoading...#3 - Hunger
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 1/31/2003
Kenny brings along his new girlfriend, Carole Anne, to the book group, much to the irritation of all the women.
Director: N/A
Writer: Annie Griffin
8.1/1026 votesLoading...#4 - Sueños
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 1/24/2003
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: Annie Griffin
8.0/1023 votesLoading...#5 - A'Salaam Insh'Allah
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 2/28/2003
Jean has a party to celebrate her book deal. Kenny sings karaoke, Lachlan proposes to a reluctant Clare, and Janice gets very drunk and tells Rab she loves him.
Director: N/A
Writer: Annie Griffin
7.9/1032 votesLoading...#6 - Magical Realism
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 4/26/2002
Kenny is writing a book in which a beautiful woman who looks a lot like Fist shares a cabin in the hills with him. Clare is also writing a book, in which a handsome professor who looks a lot like Barney falls in love with his student, a lovely American woman not unlike Clare.
Director: N/A
Writer: Annie Griffin
7.9/1032 votesLoading...#7 - Bedtime Stories
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 5/3/2002
Clare discovers Barney's on drugs, and decides it's her mission in life to save him. Meanwhile, Janice sleeps with the famous thriller writer, Martin Logan, and can't wait to go to confession to tell her priest, a big fan of the author.
Director: Annie Griffin
Writer: Annie Griffin
7.9/1031 votesLoading...#8 - Dark Alley
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 5/10/2002
Janice hosts the book group as they discuss the book written by the author she is having an affair with. But the group can't seem to focus on their subject.
Director: Annie Griffin
Writer: Annie Griffin
7.9/1020 votesLoading...#9 - Drowning
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 2/14/2003
Lachlan is in a brace, due to his unfortunate fall into the empty pool. He makes a terrible invalid, and Clare is no good at changing bedpans.
Director: N/A
Writer: Annie Griffin
7.8/1019 votesLoading...#10 - You Must Change Your Life
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 2/7/2003
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'. Meanwhile, Lachlan seems to be taking an awful lot of interest in Clare's sister.
Director: Annie Griffin
Writer: Annie Griffin
7.7/1028 votesLoading...#11 - A Little More Living
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 5/17/2002
Barney has died of an overdose. His brother Lachlan arrives to tell Clare - and there is an instant spark between them. Meanwhile, Kenny's literary fantasies intrigue Fist and Dirka - but can he deliver in the flesh?
Director: Annie Griffin
Writer: Annie Griffin
7.6/1039 votesLoading...#12 - On the Road
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/12/2002
Clare's book group starts to assemble. She meets Kenny, a handsome guy in a wheelchair who wants to be a writer; Janice, the frustrated wife of a Scottish footballer; and eccentric student Barney, to whom Clare is strangely attracted...
Director: Annie Griffin
Writer: Annie Griffin
The Best Episodes of The Book Group
Every episode of The Book Group ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of The Book Group!
Clare, a neurotic American, moves to Glasgow and starts a book group to meet new, interesting people. But Kenny, Dirka, Rab, Fist and Janice are...
Genres:DramaComedy
Network:Channel 4
Best Episodes Summary
"The Alchemist" is the best rated episode of "The Book Group". It scored 8.3/10 based on 37 votes. Directed by Annie Griffin and written by Annie Griffin, it aired on 4/19/2002. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Research".