Black Books
Black Books (2000-2004)
Seasons: 3,
episodes: 18
Episode runtime: 25 min
Average rating:
8.3/10
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Status
Completed
Creators
Scenario
Composer
Producer
Nira Park
Actors
Dylan Moran
Bernard
Bill Bailey
Manny
Tamsin Greig
Fran
Keith Allen
Dave 'Mouse Ear' Smith
Craig Parkinson
Martin the Tout
Jiggy Bhore
Light Holiday Customer
Justin Edwards
Poker Customer
Su Elliot
Betting Clerk
Short description
Black Books centres around the foul tempered and wildly eccentric bookshop owner Bernard Black. Bernard’s devotion to the twin pleasures of drunkenness and wilful antagonism deepens and enriches both his life and that of Manny, his assistant. Bearded, sweet and good, Manny is everything that Bernard isn’t and is punished by Bernard relentlessly just for the crime of existing. They depend on each other for meaning as Fran, their oldest friend, depends on them for distraction.
Black Books is a haven of books, wine and conversation, the only threat to the group’s peace and prosperity is their own limitless stupidity.
Seasons
| Season | Episodes | Release date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
Season 1 Meet Bernard Black, a foul tempered and eccentric bookshop owner who loves his books but hates his customers. Manny is Bernard's long-suffering assistant and Fran is the owner of the gift shop next door to Black Books. Black Books explores Manny and Fran's efforts to ensure Bernard has some conta…
|
6 | 2000-09-29 | 7.7 |
Season 2 In season two, Bernard is convinced the Manny is mad; Manny worries about the reliability of his magic hot water bottle and uses his underworld connections to help find Fran a job. Fran struggles to find her inner karma in-between trying to find her cigarettes and making excuses to have another d…
|
6 | 2002-03-01 | 7.5 |
Season 3 Bernard Black is back for a third season of his multi-award winning and critically acclaimed comedy. Black Books continues to explore the musing and time-wasting techniques of raddled proprietor Bernard Black, his shy, multi-challenged assistant Manny Bianco and their underachieving friend Fran K…
|
6 | 2004-03-11 | 7.6 |
What's left behind the scenes
- Bill Bailey's character was originally Jewish.
- Tamsin Greg was pregnant during the filming of the first season.
- In the original version, Fran was named Valerie and worked as a philosophy teacher.
- Initially, Manny's surname was Zimmerman—a reference to Bob Dylan's real name.
- The character of Bernard was inspired by a real bookstore owner in Dublin known to the actor who played the role, Dylan Moran.
- Manny's surname is Bianco, which means 'white' in Italian. Bernard's surname is Black, which means 'black'.
- The sitcom is titled 'Black Books,' which can be translated as 'Black's Books' or interpreted as an idiomatic expression meaning to be 'blacklisted,' i.e., to be in someone's bad books.
- At the 4-minute mark of the first episode of the third season, while Manny is standing behind the counter of the new bookstore, the state of the cupcake he crushed in surprise changes. It switches between being crushed and whole across several frames.
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