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The Book Group: Series 1 [2002] | ![The Book Group: Series 1 [2002]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51MSXJJQHAL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Annie Griffin
Actors: Anne Dudek, Rory Mccann, Michelle Gomez, James Lance
Studio: Channel 4 DVD
Category: DVD
List Price: £19.99
Buy New: £9.99
You Save: £10.00 (50%)
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 27249
Format: Pal, Widescreen
Languages: English (Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired), English (Original Language)
Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 139
Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 6867441006794
ASIN: B000F3UKBQ
Theatrical Release Date: 2002
Release Date: June 19, 2006
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: brand new - immediate dispatch
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 something different, and a lot of fun January 9, 2007
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This quirky series is a lot of fun. Intense, humourless, lonely Clare starts a book group which turns out to be an odd assortment of characters - three footballers' wives, a disabled ex-mountaineer, eccentric perpetual student Barney, a Glasgow 'wee bauchle' who is there only because of the football connection - an ill-assorted mix, but their interaction is most amusing and entertaining, particularly, for example, when 'The Little Engine Who Could' is chosen as book of the week. The series is fresh and original, with black humour, very witty writing and a sense of the absurd intermixed. It's well worth a look.
 Original and inventive. October 3, 2006
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I loved the Book Group when it was on telly. It has just the right mix - hilariously funny sometimes, and makes you cringe others.
I think this first series tended to be marked by something really embarrassing at the end of the episode, which would then be immediately followed by something side-splitting.
That contrast is what makes it. It's the same with Bret Easton Ellis' book, "American Psycho". It always followed something horribly sick and violent with something so absurd that it would force you to laugh out loud.
The Book Group was probably more drama than comedy, but its quirky nature and character makes it as entertaining to watch as any straight out comedy.
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