Black Books
- TV sitcom
- Channel 4
- 2000 - 2004
- 18 episodes (3 series)
Sitcom focusing on a foul tempered bookshop owner, his trusty assistant and the girl next door. Stars Dylan Moran, Bill Bailey and Tamsin Greig.
Streaming rank this week: 578
Episode menu
Series 2, Episode 1 - The Entertainer
Fran has a new hobby and Bernard has a date. Manny holds the key to success with both.
Further details
Fran begins piano lessons and is commanded to practice all night by her blind, cane-owning Russian teacher, Josef.
Bernard has a date with an attractive customer. Both eager to impress (or escape a knuckle-rapping), it all falls into place when Manny uncovers an extraordinary hidden talent for stroking the ivories. Particularly when Josef invites his father from Petersburg and grandfather from Odessa to hear Fran play. The only spoon in the piano is that Manny urgently needs a well-deserved break. And a couple of steaks for his eyes.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Friday 1st March 2002
- Time
- 9:30pm
- Channel
- Channel 4
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Dylan Moran | Bernard Black |
| Bill Bailey | Manny Bianco |
| Tamsin Greig | Fran Katzenjammer |
| Nina Conti | Kate (Customer) |
| David McKail | Josef Slavanski (Piano Teacher) |
| Edward Burnham | Petor Slavanski (Piano Teacher) |
| George Miller | Anton Slavanski (Piano Teacher) |
| Jean Ainslie | Actor |
| Luing Andrews | Actor |
| Kay D'Arcy | Actor |
| John Marquez | Actor |
| Dylan Moran | Writer |
| Martin Dennis | Director |
| Nira Park | Producer |
| William Burdett-Coutts | Executive Producer |
| Karen Beever | Line Producer |
| Paul Machliss | Editor |
| Dennis De Groot | Production Designer |
| Jane Davies | Casting Director |
| John Connor | Casting Director |
| Annie Hardinge | Costume Designer |
| Andy Hollis | Director of Photography |
| Sheena Gunn | Costume Designer |
| Christopher Clayton | Lighting Designer |
| Jonathan Whitehead | Composer |
| Jim Imber | 1st Assistant Director |