The Book Group

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  1. On the Road

  24m

  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...

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  2. The Alchemist

  24m

  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...

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  3. Magical Realism

  23m

  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.

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  4. Bedtime Stories

  24m

  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.

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  5. Dark Alley

  24m

  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.

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  6. A Little More Living

  24m

  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?

Cast

Anne Dudek

Clare Pettengill

Michelle Gomez

Janice McCann

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Saskia Mulder

Fist de Grooke

Karen Kilgariff

Jean Pettengill

Rory McCann

Kenny McLeod

Derek Riddell

Rab

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Bonnie Engstrom

Dirka

James Lance

Lachlan Glendenning