Black Books is a second-hand bookshop in London run by an Irishman named Bernard Black. He is probably the planet's worst-suited person to run such an establishment: he makes no effort to sell, closes at strange hours on a whim, is in a perpetual alcoholic stupor, abhors his customers (sometimes physically abusing them) and is often comatose at his desk. Help comes in the lumpy shape of Manny Bianco, a hairy, bumbling individual who (almost by osmosis) becomes Bernard's assistant. Manny is not exactly great at the job either but he is a million times better than Bernard. Next door is Fran, an anxious, frustrated woman who runs a sort of new-age shop selling the most unlikely bits of arty junk. Fran is friends with Bernard and, through him, with Manny; together the trio become embroiled in escapades that are sometimes extreme or violent or fantastically ludicrous, and always bizarre.

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  • Currently 80.0/5
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Ratings: TVMaze: 8.4/10
Released: September 29, 2000
Runtime: 25 min
Genres: Comedy
Countries: United Kingdom
Companies: Channel 4 Channel 4 Television Assembly Film and Television Big Talk Studios
Cast: Bill Bailey Tamsin Greig Dylan Moran
Crew: Graham Linehan Dylan Moran

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somniloquist 3 points 4 years ago. (Contains Spoilers)

If you’ve ever worked in a bookstore please please watch this. If you love language play, please just watch anything with Dylan Moran in it. And if you like Graham Linehan’s central crew of an Irishman, a weirdo, and a woman then see the IT Crowd for more.

jamiemark 3 points 4 years ago.

No two ways about it, this show is a damn comedy classic.