Black Books (2000)
Ended | 2000-09-29 | Drama-Comedy | 25m | 8.019/10
Nira Park (Producer) | Dylan Moran (Creator) | Jane Davies (Casting) | Jess Kitley (Property Buyer) | John Connor (Casting) | Keith Nixon (Sound Supervisor) | Karen Beever (Line Producer) | Annie Hardinge (Costume Design) | Graham Linehan (Creator) | Peter Phillips (Other) | Dennis De Groot (Production Design) | Jonathan Whitehead (Original Music Composer) | William Burdett-Coutts (Executive Producer) |
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.
Dylan Moran (Bernard) | Bill Bailey (Manny) | Tamsin Greig (Fran) |