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"Black Books" (2000): Season 3: Episode 6 -- It's Friday night. Manny and Fran are determined to go out and do something for once. Bernard would rather stay at home, get drunk and ignore his friends. Manny insists that they go to a particular party. But why? And anyway, who is the best dancer?
"Black Books" (2000): Season 3: Episode 5 -- Manny is extremely proud of the travel writing festival that he has organised. He has invited the famously charming explorer Jason Hamilton (Julian Rhind-Tutt) to give a talk.
"Black Books" (2000): Season 3: Episode 4 -- Manny puts a bet on the Grand National for Bernard, who claims not to be interested in gambling but immediately becomes completely addicted to it. Fran, looking for work, needs a short-term job to appear employable.
"Black Books" (2000): Season 3: Episode 3 -- Manny's parents come to stay. They are a perfectly nice middle-aged couple with one or two slightly annoying habits. Bernard wants rid of them, preferably the day before yesterday.
"Black Books" (2000): Season 3: Episode 2 -- It's International Children's Book week in Black Books. Bernard and Manny decide that they can do better than the trash that children are offered these days, deciding to write their own kids' classic and retire Rowling-rich.

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9 December 2001 (USA) more
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Bernard Black runs his own bookshop even though he doesn't much like people who buy books and hates having customers... more
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Cast

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Dylan Moran ... Bernard Black (18 episodes, 2000-2004)
Bill Bailey ... Manny (18 episodes, 2000-2004)
Tamsin Greig ... Fran (18 episodes, 2000-2004)
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Also Known As:
Böcker (Sweden) [sv]
Black Books (France) [fr]
Kirjava joukko (Finland) [fi]
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30 min (18 episodes)
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Stereo | Stereo (Western Electric Sound System)
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UK:15 | Singapore:PG | Australia:M (some episodes) | Australia:PG (some episodes)

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"Katzenjammer" is a German slang word for hangover, literally meaning "cat-wailing". more
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Customer: Look, there's no other way to say this, but I didn't come in here to be insulted.
Bernard: Well, I didn't ask for the job of insulting you. In another life, we could have been brothers. Running a small, quirky taveria in Sicily. Maybe we would have married the local twins instead of wasting each other's time here in this dump. But it was not to be. So hop it.
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25 out of 26 people found the following review useful.
Funniest show ever, 17 April 2003
Author: Satinewannabe from United States

"Black Books" is hysterical and one can easily watch each episode over and over and over again and laugh just as hard. All the actors are very authentic which makes it so funny. If you haven't seen it, try to. Otherwise you're really missing out.

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