Stars: Dylan Moran, Bill Bailey, Tamsin Greig

Summary: Bookshop owner Bernard has one major problem; he hates people, especially his customers. When he offers Manny Bianco a job during a heavy drinking session--an offer he grudgingly sticks to the next day--he finds that Manny can be nice to customers and actually sell books.

Series three of the entertaining surreal comedy BLACK BOOKS continues to follow the lives of bookshop owner Bernard (Dylan Moran), his assistant Manny (Bill Bailey) and Fran (Tamsin Greig), who works in a new age shop next door. In this entertaining surreal comedy, Dylan Moran and Bill Bailey make a great double act, delivering the tightly written script (by Moran and FATHER TED co-writer Graham Linehan) with consummate ease, while Tamsin Greig as Fran does an admirable job of diffusing the tensions that rise between Bernard and Manny. Contains all six episodes from the third series: “Manny Come Home”, “Elephants and Hens”, “Moo-ma and Moo-pa”, “Little Flutter”, “The Travel Writer” and “Party”.

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One of the few genuinely outstanding British comedy shows of the past decade, Black Books unites excellent comedic performances, very funny scripts, and plenty of rewatch value.

The concept is simple enough. Bernard (expertly played by Dylan Moran) runs a bookshop. The only problems are he can't stand people, hates customers, and would far prefer to be barking out cutting remarks and drinking wine. Still, it's after drinking much of the aforementioned wine that he offers Manny (Bill Bailey, again in terrific form) a job. Manny accepts, and finds his daily life involves taking abuse from Bernard, while remaining strangely and resolutely upbeat. Fran (Tamsin Greig) meanwhile also likes her wine, and finds herself stuck between the two of them, with a few odd encounters of her own thrown in too.

So far nothing particularly out of the ordinary, right? Well, mix in some of the creative force behind Father Ted, combine those aforementioned performances, and simmer to the point where episode after episode garners a cocktail of sniggers and belly laughs, and you have something really rather special. Like many of the best shows, the curtain has come down on Black Books after only three series. But the long-lasting legacy are episodes that are set to be enjoyed for a long, long time to come. --Simon Brew

Main Language:	English
Year:	2004
Release Date:	June 19, 2006
Runtime:	147 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	C4 D V D 10093
Keywords:	Black, Comedy, General, Series, Books, Tv
Genre:	Comedy