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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 more interesting than she bargained for...

Genres:DramaComedy
Network:Channel 4

Top Episode Ratings Summary

The best episode of "The Book Group" is "The Alchemist", rated 8.4/10 from 36 user votes. It was directed by Annie Griffin and written by Annie Griffin. "The Alchemist" aired on 4/19/2002 and is rated 0.1 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Research".

  • The Alchemist
    8.4/10 36 votes

    #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

  • Research
    8.3/10 20 votes

    #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

  • Hunger
    8.2/10 24 votes

    #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

  • Magical Realism
    8.1/10 31 votes

    #4 - 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

  • Sueños
    8.1/10 26 votes

    #5 - 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

  • A'Salaam Insh'Allah
    8.0/10 23 votes

    #6 - 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

  • Bedtime Stories
    7.9/10 32 votes

    #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

  • Dark Alley
    7.9/10 31 votes

    #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

  • Drowning
    7.9/10 20 votes

    #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

  • You Must Change Your Life
    7.8/10 19 votes

    #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

  • A Little More Living
    7.7/10 28 votes

    #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

  • On the Road
    7.6/10 38 votes

    #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