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2000 · TV-PG · TMDB open_in_new

Avg. Episode Grade: —  ·  Other grades: 45.0 (2 viewers)
Plot
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.
Countries:United Kingdom
Languages:EN
Genres:Comedy
Production companies:
Assembly Film and Television
Big Talk Studios
Big Talk Studios
Channel 4 Television
Channel 4 Television

Seasons & Episodes

  • Season 1 0/0 seen
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    #1 Cooking the Books
    Bernard’s dodgy accountant has to go on the run, leaving him ill prepared to fill out his own tax return. In fact Bernard would rather do anything than fill it out.
    Release: 2000-09-29Grade
    #2 Manny's First Day
    After Manny’s help with the tax return Bernard is persuaded to hire him in the shop. Unfortunately he actually sells some books, much to Bernard’s annoyance.
    Release: 2000-10-06Grade
    #3 Grapes of Wrath
    Bernard and Manny accept a house-sitting job to get away from their new cleaner. They also drink some wine.
    Release: 2000-10-13Grade
    #4 The Blackout
    A hyper, coffee fueled Manny is mistaken for a policeman.
    Release: 2000-10-20Grade
    #5 The Big Lock-Out
    The shop gets a new security system that no-one can work.
    Release: 2000-10-27Grade
    #6 He's Leaving Home
    Manny runs away from the bookshop into the arms of a beard loving photographer.
    Release: 2000-11-03Grade
  • Season 2 0/0 seen
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    #1 The Entertainer
    Fran decides to take up piano lessons with a very prominent teacher, however all doesn't go to plan and she ends up having to ask Manni for a favour. Meanwhile Bernard asks a girl out and once again Manni is called upon for a favour.
    Release: 2002-03-01Grade
    #2 Fever
    On a scorching hot day, Manni tries to maintain his body temperature so it doesn't go over 88 degrees; Fran has problems with a new neighbour, and Bernard tries to find an appropriate "summer girl".
    Release: 2002-03-08Grade
    #3 The Fixer
    Bernard and Manni have to deal with a gangster turned writer who plans to hold a reading of his autobiography at the book shop, however he can't read. Meanwhile Fran gets an office job where she isn't quite sure what she is meant to be doing.
    Release: 2002-03-15Grade
    #4 Blood
    Manni and Bernard try to keep up with modern book shops and in doing so Manni helps Fran get over her boredom by encouraging her to look up her family tree.
    Release: 2002-03-22Grade
    #5 Hello Sun
    Fran tries to cleanse her lifestyle by taking up yoga and going on a radical diet, while Bernard and Manni receive some books on Freud and their lives descend into his famous theories.
    Release: 2002-03-29Grade
    #6 A Nice Change
    When construction starts next door to the shop, Manni, Bernard and Fran try to decide what to do while it continues.
    Release: 2002-04-05Grade
  • Season 3 0/0 seen
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    #1 Manny Come Home
    When Manny defects to Goliath Books after an "incident" with Bernard, his ex-employer's life spirals out of control. Meanwhile Fran returns from holiday only to be greeted by the squalor of Bernard's shop.
    Release: 2004-03-11Grade
    #2 Elephants and Hens
    When Bernard holds a children's themed book day in the shop, Fran bets Manni and Bernard they couldn't write a children's book over a weekend, while Bernard bets Fran back that she will have an awful time at her friend's hen party.
    Release: 2004-03-18Grade
    #3 Moo-Ma and Moo-Pa
    Manny's parents visit the shop for the weekend, and the lies he's told them throw Fran and Bernard's lives into chaos.
    Release: 2004-03-25Grade
    #4 A Little Flutter
    Bernard becomes addicted to gambling and forces Manny and Fran to compete for one job at the shop in order to finance his bets.
    Release: 2004-04-01Grade
    #5 Travel Writer
    Fran & Manny become enamored with a dashing travel writer giving a talk at the shop, while Bernard contends with a most unorthodox new landlord.
    Release: 2004-04-08Grade
    #6 Party
    Manny and Fran drag Bernard along with them to a party, but the drunken aftermath dredges up secrets and bitterness.
    Release: 2004-04-15Grade
  • Specials 0/0 seen
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    #1 Series One Outtakes
    Release: 2000-04-30Grade
    #2 Series Two Outtakes
    Release: 2001-09-01Grade
    #3 Series Three Outtakes
    Release: 2004-04-30Grade
    #4 Black Dolls
    A doll-version of Black Books in which Fran takes Manny into the real world where she feeds him drugs and grapes. Manny eventually decides that the real world is too tough for him, and after a 'talk' from Bernard he promises to stay in the shop.
    Release: 2002-04-30Grade
    #5 Bernard's Letter
    The reply that a typically furious Bernard writes to the editor of a publishing firm after they refuse to publish the novel that he had spent the entire weekend writing.
    Release: 2004-04-30Grade
    #6 Deleted Scenes - Series 2 Episode 1
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    #7 Deleted Scenes - Series 2 Episode 5
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    #8 Deleted Scenes - Series 3 Episode 1
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    #10 Deleted Scenes - Series 3 Episode 3
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    #11 Deleted Scenes - Series 3 Episode 4
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    #12 Deleted Scenes - Series 3 Episode 5
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    #13 Deleted Scenes - Series 3 Episode 6
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