UKTV has released a trailer for their new drama series, Bookish, which comes to U&Alibi on 16th July. 

The show, created, written by and starring Mark Gatiss is set in post-War London. The star plays Gabriel Book, an eccentric bookseller who aids the police with their more complicated cases.

With six episodes coming this year, Bookish has already been recommissioned for a second series. In addition, there’s a spin-off book coming too.

Here’s what the channel say about Bookish:

London 1946 is the setting for series one, with viewers introduced to the appropriately named Gabriel Book (Gatiss) who owns a bookshop in Archangel Lane. If his War was packed with espionage and secrets, Book’s Peace is just as full of adventure! Now he helps the police solve the strangest of crimes and the knottiest of murders. But his close association to the force is not without its dangers. For although he is very happily married to his childhood best friend, the captivating Trottie (Polly Walker), Book is a gay man living at a time when homosexuality was illegal. When Book and Trottie take in Jack it seems like an act of altruism: a second chance for a young jailbird. And Jack (Connor Finch) proves a worthy assistant both in the shop and in Book’s murder investigations.

It soon becomes clear, however, that Jack’s appointment wasn’t quite as random as it at first appears…With a complex mystery at the heart of every story, featuring a wealth of well-known guest stars, marrying post-war nostalgia with the reckless and life affirming atmosphere of the times, Bookish is a stylish period detective drama with a difference.

With Mark Gatiss, Polly Walker and Connor Finch, the cast includes Elliot Levey, Blake Harrison and Buket Kömür. In addition, the show promises guest star appearances from Daniel Mays, Rosie Cavaliero, Joely Richardson and Paul McGann.

Bookish begins on 16th July, airing on U&Alibi.