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9.2/10   5,496 votes
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Release Date:
9 December 2001 (USA) more
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Plot:
Bernard Black runs his own bookshop even though he doesn't much like people who buy books and hates having customers... more
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Awards:
3 wins & 3 nominations more
User Comments:
Pessimistic, Sarcastic, Ironic & witty! more (56 total)

Cast

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Dylan Moran ... Bernard Black (18 episodes, 2000-2004)
Bill Bailey ... Manny (18 episodes, 2000-2004)
Tamsin Greig ... Fran (18 episodes, 2000-2004)
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Runtime:
30 min (18 episodes)
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Stereo | Stereo (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
UK:15 | Singapore:PG | Australia:M (some episodes) | Australia:PG (some episodes)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
"Katzenjammer" is a German slang word for hangover, literally meaning "cat-wailing". more
Quotes:
Fran: You said he had a funny smell.
Bernard: He did. He did. He had a living beetroot smell.
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84 out of 88 people found the following comment useful.
Pessimistic, Sarcastic, Ironic & witty!, 19 August 2004
Author: kerry-coupe from Notts, England

I totally disagree with the other review. Black Books couldn't be funnier. It's one of a kind that takes on board other people's sense of humour, instead of sticking to the same dull and predictable jokes of programmes like Friends and Will & Grace. To say that it tries too hard to be funny, is unfeasible! Some of its most clever jokes almost go unnoticed, and without the aid of canned laughter! Whilst I am a fan of both, when I saw Black Books, I loved it! It's easy to empathise with the pessimistic Bernard, particularly if you're a similar type of person and to sympathies with the gradually stupider Manny. Everyone knows a Bernard or a Manny in their lives, which makes Black Books hilarious! Watch it!

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