Creators:
Dylan MoranComposer:
Jonathan WhiteheadCast:
Dylan Moran, Bill Bailey, Tamsin Greig, Nick Frost, Simon Pegg, Martin Freeman, Rob Brydon, Selina Giles, Omid Djalili, Jessica Hynes, Mac McDonald, Alice Lowe (more)VOD (2)
Seasons(3) / Episodes(18)
Plots(1)
Black Books centers around the foul tempered and wildly eccentric bookshop owner Bernard Black (Dylan Moran). Bernard's devotion to the twin pleasures of drunkenness and willful antagonism deepens and enriches both his life and that of Manny (Bill Bailey), his assistant. Bearded, gentle, sweet and good, Manny is everything that Bernard isn't and is punished by Bernard relentlessly just for the crime of existing. They depend on each other for meaning as Fran (Tamsin Greig), their oldest friend, depends on them for distraction. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Dylan Moran](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273542_cddc45.jpg)
Dylan Moran
Ireland
Best series:
Black Books (2000) (series)
How Do You Want Me? (1998) (series)
The Witcher: Blood Origin (2022) (series)
![Bill Bailey](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273922_42df89.jpg)
Bill Bailey
UK
Best series:
Is It Bill Bailey? (1998) (series)
Black Books (2000) (series)
Hustle (2004) (series)
![Tamsin Greig](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/441/161441119_226495.jpg)
Tamsin Greig
UK
Best series:
Black Books (2000) (series)
Jonathan Creek (1997) (series)
Doctor Who (2005) (series)
![Nick Frost](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/847/164847761_f5fc45.jpg)
Nick Frost
UK
Best series:
Black Books (2000) (series)
Why Women Kill (2019) (series)
Staged (2020) (series)
![Simon Pegg](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/468/162468306_d06c7a.jpg)
Simon Pegg
UK
Best series:
Band of Brothers (2001) (series)
The Boys (2019) (series)
Is It Bill Bailey? (1998) (series)
![Martin Freeman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/883/166883173_ac093f.jpg)
Martin Freeman
UK
Best series:
Sherlock (2010) (series)
Fargo (2014) (series) - actor, narrator
Black Books (2000) (series)
![Rob Brydon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/325/325356_5bf1fd.jpg)
Rob Brydon
UK
Best series:
Black Books (2000) (series)
I'm Alan Partridge (1997) (series)
Extras (2005) (series)
![Selina Giles](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/276/276783_257e0a.jpg)
Selina Giles
UK
Best series:
Black Books (2000) (series)
Dark Realm (2000) (series)
Hotel Babylon (2006) (series)
![Omid Djalili](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/218/162218566_d3e8fd.jpg)
Omid Djalili
UK
Best series:
Black Books (2000) (series)
One Night Stand (2005) (series)
Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law (2000) (series)
![Jessica Hynes](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273818_147798.jpg)
Jessica Hynes
UK
Best series:
Black Books (2000) (series)
Skins (2007) (series)
The Hour (2011) (series)
![Mac McDonald](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/314/314542_91a3ff.jpg)
Mac McDonald
USA
Best series:
Black Books (2000) (series)
Red Dwarf (1988) (series)
Jeeves and Wooster (1990) (series)
![Alice Lowe](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/281/281286_68b19c.jpg)
Alice Lowe
UK
Best series:
Sherlock (2010) (series)
My Life in Film (2004) (series)
Black Books (2000) (series)
![Kevin Eldon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/281/281323_84c7c0.jpg)
Kevin Eldon
UK
Best series:
Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge (1994) (series)
Game of Thrones (2011) (series)
The Crown (2016) (series)
Johnny Vegas
UK
Best series:
Black Books (2000) (series)
Red Dwarf (1988) (series)
Good Omens (2019) (series)
![Graham Linehan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/099/162099084_23af63.jpg)
Graham Linehan
Ireland
Best series:
Black Books (2000) (series)
IT Crowd (2006) (series)
I'm Alan Partridge (1997) (series)
![Lucy Davis](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/203/163203103_be02f4.jpg)
Lucy Davis
UK
Best series:
Black Books (2000) (series)
Pride and Prejudice (1995) (series)
Californication (2007) (series)
Rhys Thomas
UK
Best series:
Black Books (2000) (series)
The Fast Show (1994) (series)
Sirens (2011) (series)
![Peter Serafinowicz](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/221/166221029_e0deda.jpg)
Peter Serafinowicz
UK
Best series:
The Simpsons (1989) (series)
Rick and Morty (2013) (series)
Black Books (2000) (series)
![David Walliams](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/394/394625_a7b623.jpg)
David Walliams
UK
Best series:
The Big Fat Quiz of Everything (2016) (series)
Black Books (2000) (series)
Hustle (2004) (series)
![Olivia Colman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/974/163974988_fad952.jpg)
Olivia Colman
UK
Best series:
The Simpsons (1989) (series)
The Crown (2016) (series)
Black Books (2000) (series)