Black Books - Series 2 ( Black Books - Complete Series One, Two and Three )

Black Books - Series 2 (DVD) (*)

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Alternate Title: Black Books - Complete Series One, Two and Three
Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
162 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Alternative Footage
Commentary
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Teaser(s)
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2000 - 2004 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Martin Dennis
Graham Linehan

Written By:
Dylan Moran
Kevin Cecil

Actors:
Dylan Moran ..... Bernard / ... (18 episodes, 2000-2004)
Bill Bailey ..... Manny (18 episodes, 2000-2004)
Tamsin Greig ..... Fran (18 episodes, 2000-2004)
Rosie Day ..... Rachel (3 episodes, 2000)
Paul Beech ..... Abbott / ... (2 episodes, 2000)
Daisy Campbell ..... Julie (2 episodes, 2000)
Ben Homewood ..... Fourth Customer / ... (2 episodes, 2000)
Nick Frost ..... Paul / ... (2 episodes, 2000-2004)
Tony Way ..... Boy / ... (2 episodes, 2000)
Graham Linehan ..... Book Lover / ... (2 episodes, 2000)

Synopsis:

The second series of the multi-award winning and critically acclaimed comedy from Channel 4. Black Books stars creator and co-writer Dylan Moran with Bill Bailey and Tamsin Greig. Bernard Black (Dylan Moran) proprietor of the grubby bookshop Black Books prefers the company of his books to his customers. Devoted to the twin pleasures of excessive drinking and wilful antagonism Bernard enriches his life and the lives of his only two friends Manny (Bill Bailey) and Fran (Tamsin Greig) in the process. In this second collection of episodes Bernard finds proof positive that Manny is mad; Manny worries about the reliability of his magic hot water bottle and uses his underworld connections to help the recently unemployed Fran find a job. Fran struggles to find her inner karma in-between trying to find her cigarettes and making excuses to have another drink. Under constant threat from the nasty unfeeling outside world the characters in Black Books attempt to maintain the haven of the bookshop even as their own talent for relentless stupidity pitches them towards mayhem.

From Graham Linehan, co-writer of Father Ted, comes a new cult comedy set in a second hand bookshop. Dylan Moran stars as the bohemian, and frequently drunk, owner who has one major problem with his line of work: he hates customers. Help is soon at hand, however, in the form of mild-mannered Manny (Bill Bailey), who proves to be something of a star at selling books, and Fran (Tamsin Greig), who owns the shop next door... Series 1: 1. Cooking The Books 2. Manny First Day 3.The Grapes Of Wrath 4. The Blackout 5. The Big Lock-Out 6. He's Leaving Home Series 2: 1. The Entertainer 2. Fever 3. The Fixer 4. Blood 5. Hello Sun 6. Nice Change Series 3: 1. Manny Come Home 2. Elephants And Hens 3. Moo-ma And Moo-pa 4. A Little Flutter 5. The Travel Writer 6. Party

Bernard Black is the proprietor of his small bookshop, Black Books. The series revolves around the lives of Bernard, Manny and Fran. A central theme is Bernard's odd position as a belligerent and openly hostile shopkeeper who has a loathing of the outside world and all the people who inhabit it, except his oldest friend, Fran, who initially ran a trendy bric-a-brac shop, Nifty Gifty, next-door to the shop. Bernard displays little enthusiasm or interest in retail (or, indeed, anything outside drinking, smoking and reading) and actively avoids having to interact with anyone, even inside his shop, as he has a personal dislike of his customers, treating his bookshop more like a personal library. It is suggested that Fran and Bernard once slept together, but now they remain happy to be friends, sharing a love of smoking heavily and drinking to excess. Fran otherwise has a rather hopeless love life. Manny is introduced in the first episode as a stressed-out accountant who enters the bookshop seeking The Little Book of Calm. During a drunken night out, Bernard offers him a job as a shop assistant and a room above the shop if he will do Bernard's accounts for him. Sobering up, Bernard realises Manny's optimistic nature is not suited to 'this kind of operation'. Fran, however, seeing that Manny is good for Bernard, forces Bernard to let him stay. Many episodes are driven by Manny and Fran's attempts to force Bernard into a more socially acceptable lifestyle. Their efforts usually result in chaos, sucking them back into Bernard's nihilistic view of the world. The bookshop, which also doubles as Manny and Bernard's residence, is frequently depicted as being in an unhealthy state of dirtiness and often inhabited by animals and other unidentified creatures, while disorder is a frequent aspect of the running of the shop. Manny's attempts to improve both the shop and the residence often fail. In October 2011, Graham Linehan was asked what Bernard, Manny and Fran would be doing a decade after the events of the series. Linehan responded, 'They'll grow up, like everyone else.'

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 16 April, 2020.

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