"Black Books" (2000) TV series 2000-2004

User Rating:

9.2/10   

Creator:

Dylan Moran

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3

Release Date:

9 December 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Bernard Black runs his own bookshop even though he doesn't much like people who buy books and hates having customers...

Plot Keywords:

Book | Accountant | Wine | Cult TV | Smoking

Awards:

3 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

Dylan Moran	...	Bernard Black (18 episodes, 2000-2004)
Bill Bailey	...	Manny (18 episodes, 2000-2004)
Tamsin Greig	...	Fran (18 episodes, 2000-2004)

Runtime:

30 min (18 episodes)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo | Stereo (Western Electric Sound System)

Certification:

UK:15 | Singapore:PG | Australia:M (some episodes) | Australia:PG (some episodes)

Filming Locations:

Leigh Street, Bloomsbury, London, England, UK

Company:

Assembly Film and Television

Trivia:

Bernard is inspired by a real bookshop owner in Dublin whom 'Dylan Moran' described as "he looks like he's swallowed a cup of sour milk and peed himself at the same time. He has this green bilious expression, years of displeasure have shaped his face".

Quotes:

Fran: You said he had a funny smell.
Bernard: He did. He did. He had a living beetroot smell.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Friday Night with Jonathan Ross: (#11.12)" (2006)

ALRIGHT THE SHOP IS CLOSED EVERYBODY GET OUT!

If you don't laugh at Black Books, then you haven't got a sense of humour. This is one of the funniest things I've seen in years!! I always worshipped the ground that Arthur Mathews and Graham Linehan walked on for Father Ted and Ted and Ralph, but now Dylan Moran is added to my list (Bill Baily and Tamsin Grieg to, even though they didn't write it).