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Creator:
Dylan Moran
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Contact:
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Seasons:
1 | 2 | 3 full episode list
Release Date:
9 December 2001 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Plot:
Bernard Black runs his own bookshop even though he doesn't much like people who buy books and hates having customers... more
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Awards:
3 wins & 3 nominations more
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(3 articles)
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Black Books proves that the UK is still the best breeding ground for humoristic series more

Cast

 (Series Cast Summary - 3 of 10)
Dylan Moran ... Bernard Black (18 episodes, 2000-2004)
Bill Bailey ... Manny (18 episodes, 2000-2004)
Tamsin Greig ... Fran (18 episodes, 2000-2004)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
30 min (18 episodes)
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Stereo | Stereo (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
UK:15 | Singapore:PG | Australia:M (some episodes) | Australia:PG (some episodes)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Bill Bailey's character Manny was originally Jewish more
Quotes:
[attempting to fill in his tax return form]
Bernard: "What is your mother's maiden name?" What's her first name? I just knew her as "Ma"! That'll have to do.
[writing on the form]
Bernard: 'Ma. Possibly deceased'.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Friday Night with Jonathan Ross: (#11.12)" (2006) more

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47 out of 50 people found the following comment useful:-
Black Books proves that the UK is still the best breeding ground for humoristic series, 11 November 2004
Author: Philip Van der Veken from Tessenderlo, Belgium

I always have been a big fan of Fawlty Towers, Father Ted and Blackadder. So when I knew about this series, I just had to see it. Now that I have seen it, there is only one thing I can say about it: Black books is absolutely great and hilarious. It proves that the UK is still the best breeding ground for humoristic series.

Bernard Black - an anti-social, boozing and smoking sarcastic pessimist - runs his own book store. He doesn't like people who buy books and hates his customers. He has one employee: Manny. Manny looks more like a bum, never stands up for himself when he is the target of Bernard's sarcasm and is always full of stress. Next door to Bernard's shop is the Nifty Gifty gift shop run by Fran, probably the only friend Bernard has.

The humor is perhaps not to everybody's taste. I guess not everybody will understand and appreciate the sarcasm and surrealism in this series, but I loved it. I would give this series a 10/10 if we could vote on it.

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