If you haven't seen Black Books before, then you should definately get this box set, make sure you have a few hours to spare and stock up on the red wine to join the fun and drinking of Bernand Black (Dylan Moran), Manny (Bill Bailey) and Fran (Tamsin Greig).
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4, Black Books.Black Books centres around the foul tempered and wildly eccentric bookshop owner Bernard Black (Dylan Moran). Bernard's devotion to the twin pleasur...
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Comedy - Director: Richard Boden, Mandie Fletcher, Martin Shardlow - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Hugh Laurie, Miranda Richardson, Stephen Fry, Brian Blessed, Tim McInnerny, Tony Robinson, Rowan Atkinson
Comedy - Director: Gareth Carrivick - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Kathryn Drysdale, Sheridan Smith, Natalie Casey, Will Mellor, Ralf Little
Comedy - Original Language: English - Classification: 12 years and over - Starring: Tessa Peake-Jones, Buster Merryfield, David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst
Advantages: Well writing chaos comedy Disadvantages: Sometimes a little too predicatble
If you haven't seen Black Books before, then you should definately get this box set, make sure you have a few hours to spare and stock up on the red wine to join the fun and drinking of Bernand Black (Dylan Moran), Manny (Bill Bailey) and Fran (Tamsin Greig).
These 3 make up the main cast for the show, but throughout all the series there are appearnces from David Walliams, Nick Frost & Simon Pegg just to name a few.
... ...Bernard owns the book shop, Black Books, which is any wonder is still open as they rarely seem to sell any books. Rudeness and abuse is just some of the things Bernard treats his customers to. During the third series however, you do find a reason for some of Bernards unhapiness.
In the 1st series, Bernard finds a new assistant, Manny (Bill Bailey), who their shop neighbour Fran (Tamsin Grieg) has to fight with Bernanrd for Manny to ... more
If you haven't seen Black Books before, then you should definately get this box set, make sure you have a few hours to spare and stock up on the red wine to join the fun and drinking of Bernand Black (Dylan Moran), Manny (Bill Bailey) and Fran (Tamsin Greig).
These 3 make up the main cast for the show, but throughout all the series there are appearnces from David Walliams, Nick Frost & Simon Pegg just to name a few.
Bernand (Dylan Moran) is a sarcastic, drunk Irishman who seems to have lost all hope for human life. If you have seen Dylan Moran live doing stand-up, it's actually quite similar to Bernard Black.
Bernard owns the book shop, Black Books, which is any wonder is still open as they rarely seem to sell any books. Rudeness and abuse is just some of the things Bernard treats his customers to. During the third series however, you do find a reason for some of Bernards unhapiness.
In the 1st series, Bernard finds a new assistant, Manny (Bill Bailey), who their shop neighbour Fran (Tamsin Grieg) has to fight with Bernanrd for Manny to be hired.
MKanny is, well just Bill Bailey really. A laid back (stoned?) hippy type who likes to see the lighter side of everything. That's probably why Bernard and Manny clash so often, with one trying to lift the mood and the other trying to make everyone else as miserable as he.
Fran, who owns the shop next door, is one of those friends everyone has. the first to a party with more alcohol than needed to fill a football team, but the last standing at the end complaining about the lack of alcohol available.
The show features some incredible antics from the 3 including worm suits, spoons in pianos, a manic trip around the world, the pope being killed and a over officent security door to name a few.
The show tends to follow a similar pattern in most episodes with Bernarnd being drunk and angry with Manny and Fran sitting in the corner giggling - so in some ways, it reminds me of ill spent youth.
The comedy itself is usualy full of cracking one liners and what seems to be well thought out chaos, which is mostly why I liek this. It's almost Fawlty Towers in a book shop.
Since finding black books accidently on channel 4 one night, I have never looked back and can continue to watch this marvellous comedy over and over again.
My only dissapointment is that there seems to be no hope of a 4th series on the horizon.
paulgood529 04.01.2009 (04.01.2009)
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Review of Black Books - The Complete Series 1-3 (Box Set) (DVD)
Advantages: Hilariously Funny Disadvantages: Sometimes Far fetched, cant think of too many disadvantages
...many hours of play for the same price as a newly released movie.
I would recommend this to anyone who is or was a fan of Father Ted, the IT crowd (both from the same creative team as Black Books), Spaced, or who has a dry sense of humour. ...
purplesky283 21.09.2007
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Advantages: Hours of entertainment Disadvantages: You loose great chunks of your life
I loved Black Books from its first outing on TV which seemed to slip under the radar undetected by most. Simply a very witty and clever comedy performed by two of the best stand ups our time has seen supported by some rather average acting at times by Tamsin Greig (a face suited to radio, funny that, what with her being in the archers and all...)
Obvious jokes in places only add to the joy of the simplicity to the humour but don't think there is ... ...to this comedy which'll keep you're hardened comedy youth as well as your mother laughing (my mum being living proof).
The stories of each episode are always an interesting and diverse to say the least not that far from the journeys of our travellers Vince and Howard in the Mighty Boosh although somewhat closer to home.
Those who enjoyed faulty towers will no doubt find similar enjoyment in Dylan Moran's character Bernard, the over stressed bitter ...
daimeydum 18.08.2006
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Advantages: Its got great loveable but annoying characters Disadvantages: Nothing
I have all the Black Books dvds although I bought them seperately for £7 each with a student discount on top of that.
This has got to be my favourite tv series of all time. Even though I have seen each episode a million times, it still makes me laugh til I cry.
I think the best moments are when Manny is dressed as a bookworm for the story telling, when his parents come to visit and there is the little bar under the resturant table, when manny works ... ...teachers come to hear Fran play but its really Manny inside the piano with spoons!
The main characters are Bernard, Manny and Fran. Bill Bailey is my favourite comedian and he is great as Manny. All three are great comedy genius's and they play their parts so well.
All of their series are based around the consumption of alcohol and they get through many a bottle of wine in every episode.
I started watching this when I was in my early teens, my ...
mizzy2 05.12.2008
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Advantages: absolutely hilarious, and some great acting! Disadvantages: have experienced none
This collection of episodes are among the funniest I have ever seen, with comedians, Dylan Moran and Bill Bailey, they work well together as a comedy double act, with Tamsin Grieg joining as a third party to add to the fun.
The Plot
The story revolves around the bookshop (Black Books) where Bernard (the shopkeeper, played by Dylan Moran) has a habit of hugely disliking his customers, but all of a sudden, Manny, (played by Bill Bailey) with his ... ...by a very intoxicated Bernard. Fran, who owns the shop next door immediately likes Manny, and becomes a firm friend, much to Bernards distain! Each episode is another comedy filled day inside the four walls of the bookshop.
The Characters
Each of the characters have their own special habits and style of acting with the others, which gives each episode a fairly repetitive streak, however, this , in my experience, has not made them boring, or sameish, ...
jessicadem 30.08.2006
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Advantages: Brilliant writing, surreal plots. Genius moments. Disadvantages: Tempting to watch the eps back to back until you're exhausted
Bernard Black is a very nasty man. He's rude, drunk, dirty and very very selfish. But ultimately endearing and attractive, in a byronic sort of way. Fortunately the other two characters are strong enough to offset him, turning what might have been episodes of smart-arsed posturing into a genuine ensemble piece. Fran (Tasmin Greig) is almost equally unpleasant but still possesses enough moral sense to act as Bernard's conscience. Manny (Bill Bailey) ... ...love these characters we can see why no-one else does, which makes the slightly claustrophic format work all the better. My personal opinion is that the first series, written by Dylan Moran with Graham LIneham, is the strongest of the three. An extra bonus is playing spot the celeb as this is quite an old programme and a number of today's 'stars' have tiny roles. Eg David Walliams is on screen for a matter of seconds. ...
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Product details
Genre
Comedy
Classification
15 years and over
Running Time
7 hours 6 minutes
Video Category
Television
Plot
Bookshop owner Bernard has one major problem; he hates people, especially his customers. When he offers Manny Bianco a job during a heavy drinking session--an offer he grudgingly sticks to the next day--he finds that Manny can be nice to customers and actually sell books.
Release details
Studio(s)
4DVD; SPIRIT ENTERTAINMENT; TECHNICOLOR DISTRIBUTION SERVICES
Release date
14/08/2006
No of Discs
3
Catalogue No
C4DVD 10052
Barcode
6867441005292
Languages
Main Language
English
DVD Description
BLACK BOOKS follows the adventures of bookshop owner Bernard (Dylan Moran), his assistant Manny (Bill Bailey) and Fran (Tamsin Greig), who works in a new age shop next door. In this entertaining surreal comedy, Dylan Moran and Bill Bailey make a great double act, delivering the tightly written script (by Moran and FATHER TED co-writer Graham Linehan) with consummate ease, while Tamsin Greig as Fran does an admirable job of diffusing the tensions that rise between Bernard and Manny. Contains every single episode from the first three series of BLACK BOOKS.
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