Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- ~25 min/episode
- Length
- 3 seasons · 18 episodes
- Status
- Ended · complete
- Age rating
- TV-PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom
The story
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.
- london
- england
- bookshop
- surreal
- wine
- misanthrophy
- surrealism
- eccentric
- book store
- irishman
- drunkenness
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Craig Parkinson
- Jiggy Bhore
- Justin Edwards
- Su Elliot
- Jane Janovic
- Steve Lately
- Huggy Leaver
- Martin Freeman
- Kevin Eldon
- Chris Larner
- Omid Djalili
- Directed
- Nick Wood, Martin Dennis, Graham Linehan
- Created
- Dylan Moran, Graham Linehan
- Written
- Dylan Moran, Andy Riley, Kevin Cecil, Arthur Mathews, Graham Linehan
Production
- Rating
- 8.1 / 10 · 628 ratings
- Network & studio
- Channel 4, Channel 4 Television, Assembly Film and Television, Big Talk Studios
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