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Black Books

200025m / epComedy

First aired

September 29, 2000

8.1

TMDB Score

81% match · 652 votes

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S01 · E05

The Big Lock-Out

Season 1 · Oct 27, 2000 · 24m

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E01▶

Cooking the Books

Sep 29, 2000 · 22m

E02▶

Manny's First Day

Oct 6, 2000 · 23m

E03▶

Grapes of Wrath

Oct 13, 2000 · 24m

E04▶

The Blackout

Oct 20, 2000 · 24m

E05Playing

The Big Lock-Out

Oct 27, 2000 · 24m

E06▶

He's Leaving Home

Nov 3, 2000 · 24m

The shop gets a new security system that no-one can work.

About the Series

Comedy

Synopsis

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.

CreatorsDylan Moran, Graham Linehan