7.6/1039 votes#1 - 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
8.3/1037 votes#2 - 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
7.9/1032 votes#3 - 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 votes#4 - 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 votes#5 - 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
7.7/1028 votes#6 - 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
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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
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"On the Road" is the best rated episode of "The Book Group" season 1. It scored 7.6/10 based on 39 votes. Directed by Annie Griffin and written by Annie Griffin, it aired on 4/12/2002. This episode is rated 0.7 points higher than the second-best, "The Alchemist".