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.
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Series 2, Episode 5 - Hello Sun
Fran takes up healthy living. Bernard is at odds with Manny after discovering Freud.
Further details
Fran takes up yoga but her willpower is pushed to the limit when chakra-obsessed friend Eva orders her to give up everything that's bad for her.
Manny is fed-up with Bernard treating him like a child, while Bernard becomes convinced Manny is the ultimate Freudian specimen - or the son he never had. Both spend some time on the couch.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Friday 29th 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 |
| Jessica Hynes (as Jessica Stevenson) | Eva (Fran's Friend) |
| Richard Katz | Actor |
| Paul Kemp | Actor |
| Simon Schatzberger | Actor |
| Tania Wade | 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 |
| Jane Walker | Make-up Designer |
| Jayne Buxton (as Jane Buxton) | Make-up Designer |
| Eve Wignall | Make-up Designer |
| Christopher Clayton | Lighting Designer |
| Jonathan Whitehead | Composer |
| Judith Barkas | Make-up Designer |
| Jim Imber | 1st Assistant Director |