"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 | Surrealism | Smoking | Wine

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:

Bernard: You know what you are? You're a beard with an idiot hanging off it.

Movie Connections:

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

Black Books proves that the UK is still the best breeding ground for humoristic series

I always have been a big fan of Fawlty Towers, Father Ted and Blackadder. So when I knew about this series, I just had to see it. Now that I have seen it, there is only one thing I can say about it: Black books is absolutely great and hilarious. It proves that the UK is still the best breeding ground for humoristic series.

Bernard Black - an anti-social, boozing and smoking sarcastic pessimist - runs his own book store. He doesn't like people who buy books and hates his customers. He has one employee: Manny. Manny looks more like a bum, never stands up for himself when he is the target of Bernard's sarcasm and is always full of stress. Next door to Bernard's shop is the Nifty Gifty gift shop run by Fran, probably the only friend Bernard has.

The humor is perhaps not to everybody's taste. I guess not everybody will understand and appreciate the sarcasm and surrealism in this series, but I loved it. I would give this series a 10/10 if we could vote on it.