EPISODE
SEASON
Black Books - Season 3
Bernard Black runs a book shop, though his customer service skills leave something to be desired. He hires Manny as an employee. Fran runs the shop next door. Between the three of them many adventures ensue.
1990, Luton, Bedfordshire, England, UK
18 December 1950, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, UK
10 February 1958, Cranleigh, Surrey, England, UK
23 September 1942, Malta Street, Freetown, Sierra Leone
1969, London, England, UK
October 24, 2018
Bernard Black (Dylan Moran) will soon become your new hero... His constant bed-headed, chain-smoking self is a thing of pure beauty.
October 29, 2018
There is no triumphant send-off or big event that transpires: it's just another episode. Then the show ends. As a viewer, it's maddening. From an absurdist standpoint, however, the lack of resolution makes perfect sense: it's just like life itself.
October 29, 2018
Black Books is a lot of fun. It's full of un-fun people, but it's infinitely funny as a result of this.
October 29, 2018
Moran has never been funnier than when he's in full rambling, ranting, ridiculous flow as Bernard, who can make even a tax return funny.
October 29, 2018
It's everything that makes the show special, unafraid to jump straight to the surreal to get a joke across, while rejecting the shiny-shiny trappings of more aspirational US sitcoms, where even the worst character has a heart of gold buried somewhere.
October 29, 2018
For all its caustic wit, the cracking trio of Moran, Bailey (whom Spaced devotees will recognize as Pegg's comic-store boss), and Greig does a fine job of clearing some of the darker clouds-emphasis on some.