BLACK BOOKS: THE COMPLETE FIRST SERIES

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• Release Year: 2001
• Genre: Comedy
• Plot: Meet Bernard Black (Dylan Moran) a foul tempered, drink-fueled and eccentric bookshop owner who loves his books and hates his customers.; ; Manny (Bill Bailey), Bernard's longhaired and long-suffering assistant, a breath of fresh air in the musty confines of the bookshop and an antidote to Bernard.; ; Fran (Tamsin Greig) owner of Nifty Gifty, the gift shop next door to Black Books, Bernard's friend and the only one who gives him a run for his money.; ; Black Books explores Manny and Fran's efforts to ensure Bernard has some contact with the outside world and charts the comical consequences of their efforts.; ; Episodes:; Cooking The Books; Manny's First Day; Grapes Of Wrath; The Blackout; The Big Lock-Out; He's Leaving Home
• Cast: Dylan Moran, Bill Bailey, Tamsin Greig, Paul Beech, Daisy Campbell, Ben Homewood, Nick Frost, Tony Way, Omid Djalili, Mark Aiken, Terry Bird, Tony Bluto, John Arthur, Jessica Hynes, Rose Keegan, Nina Conti, Mick Walter, Howard Coggins, Andrew T. Collins, Simon Pegg, Lucy Davis, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Annette Crosbie, Keith Allen, Elizabeth Chadwick, Sophie Stanton, Angela Curran, David Cann, Stephen Boswell, Steve Bowditch, Rob Brydon, Johnny Vegas, Miltos Yerolemou, Mark Donovan, Richard Katz, David McKail, Craig Parkinson, Sam Kelly, Pandora Colin, Judith Jacob, Ryan Luhning, David Walliams, Evie Garratt, Adam Astill, Ricky Grover, Nigel Harrison, Jean Ainslie, Paul Kemp, Olivia Colman, Alice Lowe, Jiggy Bhore, Peter Serafinowicz, Kevin Eldon, Rhys Thomas, Dominic Carter, Liam Hess, Simon Schatzberger, Luing Andrews, Jim Barclay, Brian Shelley, Diana Hull, Justin Edwards, Catherine Shepherd, Tony Bignell, Stewart Wright, Louise Hickson, Jeillo Edwards, Vincenzo Nicoli, Selina Giles, Edward Burnham, Lonnie James, Tania Wade, Su Elliot, Patricia Franklin, Oliver Golding, Martin Freeman, Colin McFarlane, Chris Larner, Rory MacGregor, Peter Heppelthwaite, Kay D'Arcy, Louise Winstone, Camilla Heaney, Jane Janovic, John Macneill, Adam Morris, John Marquez, Garry Roost, Jasper Holmes, Charlie Hicks, Steve Lately, Elizabeth Marmur, Eamonn O'Neill, Nizwar Karanj, George Miller, Huggy Leaver, Hugh Parker, James O'Neill, Ella Kenion, Mac McDonald, Michael Parkhouse, Lidija Zovkic, Paul Putner, Muriel Pavlow, Pat Starr, Jack Pierce, Rupert Vansittart, Rosie Day, Graham Linehan, Bill Nighy, David Decio, Dick Lunn, Brett Reylander, Ralph Ineson, Martin Dennis, Nick Wood, Kevin Cecil, Andy Riley, Arthur Mathews
• Director: Martin Dennis
• Runtime: 2:25
• Company: BBC Films
• Media Format: Series