Black Books85%
Ratings
Combined
84.9
%
6 sources
IMDb
8.4
/10
64,670 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
93
%
13 votes
Trakt
83
%
2,225 votes
TMDB
80
%
628 votes
Metacritic Users
8.5
/10
75 votes
RT Audience
92
%
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.
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Status
Ended
Runtime
25m
Seasons
3
Episodes
18
Network
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
Awards
Won 1 Academy Award
Academy Awards 1 won · 3 nominated
- 1968 Best Supporting Actor Won George Kennedy
- 1968 Best Actor Nominated Paul Newman
- 1968 Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay Nominated Frank Pierson
- 1968 Best Original Score Nominated Lalo Schifrin
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Season 1
- 1 Cooking the Books Bernard’s dodgy accountant has to go on the run, leaving him ill prepared to fill out his own tax return. In fact Bernard would rather do anything than fill it out.
- 2 Manny's First Day After Manny’s help with the tax return Bernard is persuaded to hire him in the shop. Unfortunately he actually sells some books, much to Bernard’s annoyance.
- 3 Grapes of Wrath Bernard and Manny accept a house-sitting job to get away from their new cleaner. They also drink some wine.
- 4 The Blackout A hyper, coffee fueled Manny is mistaken for a policeman.
- 5 The Big Lock-Out The shop gets a new security system that no-one can work.
- 6 He's Leaving Home Manny runs away from the bookshop into the arms of a beard loving photographer.
Season 2
- 1 The Entertainer Fran decides to take up piano lessons with a very prominent teacher, however all doesn't go to plan and she ends up having to ask Manni for a favour. Meanwhile Bernard asks a girl…
- 2 Fever On a scorching hot day, Manni tries to maintain his body temperature so it doesn't go over 88 degrees; Fran has problems with a new neighbour, and Bernard tries to find an appropr…
- 3 The Fixer Bernard and Manni have to deal with a gangster turned writer who plans to hold a reading of his autobiography at the book shop, however he can't read. Meanwhile Fran gets an offic…
- 4 Blood Manni and Bernard try to keep up with modern book shops and in doing so Manni helps Fran get over her boredom by encouraging her to look up her family tree.
- 5 Hello Sun Fran tries to cleanse her lifestyle by taking up yoga and going on a radical diet, while Bernard and Manni receive some books on Freud and their lives descend into his famous theo…
- 6 A Nice Change When construction starts next door to the shop, Manni, Bernard and Fran try to decide what to do while it continues.
Season 3
- 1 Manny Come Home When Manny defects to Goliath Books after an "incident" with Bernard, his ex-employer's life spirals out of control. Meanwhile Fran returns from holiday only to be greeted by the …
- 2 Elephants and Hens When Bernard holds a children's themed book day in the shop, Fran bets Manni and Bernard they couldn't write a children's book over a weekend, while Bernard bets Fran back that sh…
- 3 Moo-Ma and Moo-Pa Manny's parents visit the shop for the weekend, and the lies he's told them throw Fran and Bernard's lives into chaos.
- 4 A Little Flutter Bernard becomes addicted to gambling and forces Manny and Fran to compete for one job at the shop in order to finance his bets.
- 5 Travel Writer Fran & Manny become enamored with a dashing travel writer giving a talk at the shop, while Bernard contends with a most unorthodox new landlord.
- 6 Party Manny and Fran drag Bernard along with them to a party, but the drunken aftermath dredges up secrets and bitterness.
Specials
- 1 Series One Outtakes
- 2 Series Two Outtakes
- 3 Series Three Outtakes
- 4 Black Dolls A doll-version of Black Books in which Fran takes Manny into the real world where she feeds him drugs and grapes. Manny eventually decides that the real world is too tough for him…
- 5 Bernard's Letter The reply that a typically furious Bernard writes to the editor of a publishing firm after they refuse to publish the novel that he had spent the entire weekend writing.
- 6 Deleted Scenes - Series 2 Episode 1
- 7 Deleted Scenes - Series 2 Episode 2
- 8 Deleted Scenes - Series 3 Episode 1
- 9 Deleted Scenes - Series 3 Episode 2
- 10 Deleted Scenes - Series 3 Episode 3
- 11 Deleted Scenes - Series 3 Episode 4
- 12 Deleted Scenes - Series 3 Episode 5
- 13 Deleted Scenes - Series 3 Episode 6
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