Creators:
Dylan MoranComposer:
Jonathan WhiteheadCast:
Dylan Moran, Bill Bailey, Tamsin Greig, Nick Frost, Simon Pegg, Martin Freeman, Rob Brydon, Selina Giles, Omid Djalili, Jessica Hynes, Mac McDonald, Alice Lowe (more)Seasons(3) / Episodes(18)
Plots(1)
Black Books centers around the foul tempered and wildly eccentric bookshop owner Bernard Black (Dylan Moran). Bernard's devotion to the twin pleasures of drunkenness and willful antagonism deepens and enriches both his life and that of Manny (Bill Bailey), his assistant. Bearded, gentle, 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 (Tamsin Greig), their oldest friend, depends on them for distraction. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Reviews of this series by the user DaViD´82 (1)
Black Books (2000)
Although Black Books doesn’t rely solely on the Bernard/Manny duo, in view of the fact that they are a wonderful comedy duo, they are more than enough to make this first-rate entertainment. Especially that cynical Irish book buyer, Bernard Black, has become my idol. Of eighteen episodes, most are brilliant, unfortunately a couple of purely average ones crop up here and there. And personally, I think one of the negative sides is the unexploited potential of a bookstore. The entire series could just as easily have taken place in any other type of store, which is a huge shame.
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