Black Books

Black Books

Comedy • TV-PG • 2000–04 • 3 Seasons

7.9

8.4

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.

Starring

Dylan Moran, Bill Bailey, Tamsin Greig, Ben Homewood, Daisy Campbell

Created By

Dylan Moran, Graham Linehan

Attributes

Simple Watch With Friends

Genre

Release Date

September 29, 2000

User Reviews

So funny! Whacky, weird and outrageous! Shame they only did 3 seasons. If you loveThe IT Crowd you'll love this! 100% recommended!

If you like wine and cigarettes, enjoy.

Such a crazy comedy but so good. Quintessential British comedy.

Funny and very entertaining definitely worth the watch.

Steve Struharik

It's a lot of fun, very British, dark comedy. It's fatal flaw is the sitcom aspect that keeps in tied up in spots.

Very British. One of my favourite shows. If you love British humour, you should give it a try.

Hilarious and very British. Some of the jokes have aged poorly.

Christopher Rydberg

Top-tier sitcom delivering lots of laughs as drunken bookstore owner, faithful employee and neighbor friend fail to integrate with society.

It's ok. Main characters are a little annoying but otherwise it's fine

It’s giving “everyone is an idiot”, misanthropic vibes

Stats

Ratings

7.9 – Based on 3.4k ratings

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