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
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10 people you almost didn't recognise in Black Books
Nina Conti as Bernard's true love, Green Wing's Julian Rhind-Tutt as the adventurer/author Fran falls for, Peter Serafinowicz's deep voice, Johnny Vegas as the sleazy landlord, or Rob Brydon as Fran's new boss. Did you notice these...?
Anglonerd, 14th October 2015Bill Bailey reflects on 15 years of Black Books
Not to make you feel old, but Black Books turns 15 today. That's right, every slob and pessimist's hero Bernard Black first emerged on our TV screens back on September 29, 2000 on Channel 4.
Tom Eames, Digital Spy, 29th September 2015James Cary's Top 10 Sitcoms, #8: Black Books
I don't feel that Father Ted is one of 'my shows'. But I'm more possessive about a show in the same vein: Black Books. When I saw trailer for it, I thought 'Yup, I'm going to love that. Dylan Moran is funny. Bill Bailey is very funny. And that Tamsin lady looks like a find. Hoorah.'
I was not disappointed.
James Cary, Sitcom Geek, 16th July 2015Binging: Black Books
I wasn't alone in my Black Books obsession, my best friend Jen was happily stuck right in there with me. We'd not think twice about spending our university days watching the series over and over and over again, only pausing to make more tea and fetch more biscuits.
Hannah Dolan, Standard Issue, 28th April 2015The double Bafta-winning sitcom from the early Noughties is available in its entirety to watch on Channel 4's on-demand site. Dylan Moran is at his sardonic best as an anti-social bookshop owner, while Bill Bailey and Tamsin Greig star as his less misanthropic, equally eccentric friends.
Catherine Gee, The Telegraph, 20th March 2015Celebrating Black Books' best episodes
Though it's been absent from our screens since 2004, Black Books remains one of the most memorable comedies of recent years, as much for its wonderful characters as for its endlessly quotable scripts.
Gem Wheeler, Den Of Geek, 12th January 2015Jay Lafferty on her comedy hero Dylan Moran
Why Moran's Bernard Black is 'the poster boy for the manchild'.
Brian Donaldson, The List, 15th May 2013Dylan Moran - B4 Black Books
While the idea for the decidedly three-dimensional character of Bernard Black from Black Books (drinking, smoking and reading) came from the genius minds of Moran and Linehan, what many British situation comedy fans may not remember is that Dylan Moran got his first major television role several years prior to Black Books in a series called, How Do You Want Me?
Bill Young, Tellyspotting, 24th May 2012'Black Books': Tube talk gold
Two weeks back, Tube Talk Gold fondly remembered Channel 4's Father Ted - the first big television hit for writer Graham Linehan. But Linehan's contribution to great British comedy didn't end there - in 2000, he teamed with stand-up comic Dylan Moran to unleash another brilliant comic creation...
Morgan Jeffrey, Digital Spy, 5th November 2011Your next box set: Black Books
Your next box set: Rambling, ranting, ridiculous Bernard Black runs the perfect bookshop, perfectly. Which means drinking a lot and abusing the customers.
Vicky Frost, The Guardian, 4th December 2009