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: 562
Episode menu
Series 2, Episode 4 - Blood
Further details
Manny is inspired and endeavours to create a warm and relaxing atmosphere for the customers, complete with a sofa that swallows nearly as much as the shop's creatures.
Although initially reluctant, Bernard soon joins in and goes one step further by becoming stiff competition for Gordon Ramsay.
Unemployed once more and looking for something to fill her time, Fran turns compulsive shopper and buys lots of chocolate - and an Astra. When that fails to satisfy, she goes back to her roots and meets her Eastern European relatives; a decision she quickly regrets. Not least for the amount of spittle residue on her chin.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Friday 22nd 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 |
| Mark Donovan | Gregor |
| Vincenzo Nicoli | Frederic |
| Louise Winstone | Martina |
| Andrew Collins | Actor |
| Nigel Harrison | Actor |
| Diana Hull | Actor |
| Dylan Moran | Writer |
| Kevin Cecil | Writer |
| Andy Riley | 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 |
| Jayne Buxton (as Jane Buxton) | Make-up Designer |
| Eve Wignall | Make-up Designer |
| Christopher Clayton | Lighting Designer |
| Jonathan Whitehead | Composer |
| Jim Imber | 1st Assistant Director |