Black Books
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Season 0
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23: Dylan Moran - What It Is Live
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7: Series Two Deleted Scenes
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14: Deleted Scenes
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15: Deleted Scenes
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16: Deleted Scenes
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21: Deleted Scenes
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Sunday, April 30th, 2000
1: Series One Outtakes
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Sunday, April 30th, 2000
8: Season 1 Outakes
Outakes from season 1 of Black books
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Saturday, September 1st, 2001
2: Series Two Outtakes
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Saturday, September 1st, 2001
9: Season 2 Outakes
Outakes from season 2 of Black books
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Tuesday, April 30th, 2002
4: Black Dolls
A doll-version of Black Books in which Fran takes Manny into the real world where she feeds him drugs and grapes. Manny eventually decides that the real world is too tough for him, and after a 'talk' from Bernard he promises to stay in the shop.
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Tuesday, April 30th, 2002
11: Black Dolls
A doll-version of Black Books in which Fran takes Manny into the real world where she feeds him drugs and grapes. Manny eventually decides that the real world is too tough for him, and after a 'talk' from Bernard he promises to stay in the shop.
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Friday, April 16th, 2004
6: Series Three Deleted Scenes
Deleted Scenes from Series 3
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Friday, April 30th, 2004
3: Series Three Outtakes
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Friday, April 30th, 2004
5: Bernard's Letter
The reply that a typically furious Bernard writes to the editor of a publishing firm after they refuse to publish the novel that he had spent the entire weekend writing.
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Friday, April 30th, 2004
10: Season 3 Outakes
Outakes from season 3 of Black books
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Friday, April 30th, 2004
12: Bernard's Letter
The reply that a typically furious Bernard writes to the editor of a publishing firm after they refuse to publish the novel that he had spent the entire weekend writing.
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Friday, April 30th, 2004
13: Season 3 Deleted scenes
Deleted scenes from Series Three.
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Monday, June 19th, 2006
22: Series 2 Trailers
Channel 4 Trailers for Series 2 of Black Books.
Season 1
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Friday, September 29th, 2000
1: Cooking the Books
Bernard’s dodgy accountant has to go on the run, leaving him ill prepared to fill out his own tax return. In fact Bernard would rather do anything than fill it out.
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Friday, October 6th, 2000
2: Manny's First Day
After Manny’s help with the tax return Bernard is persuaded to hire him in the shop. Unfortunately he actually sells some books, much to Bernard’s annoyance.
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Friday, October 13th, 2000
3: Grapes of Wrath
Bernard and Manny accept a house-sitting job to get away from their new cleaner. They also drink some wine.
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Friday, October 20th, 2000
4: The Blackout
A hyper, coffee fueled Manny is mistaken for a policeman.
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Friday, October 27th, 2000
5: The Big Lock-Out
The shop gets a new security system that no-one can work.
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Friday, November 3rd, 2000
6: He's Leaving Home
Manny runs away from the bookshop into the arms of a beard loving photographer.
Season 2
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Friday, March 1st, 2002
1: The Entertainer
Fran buys a piano and starts taking lessons, discovering she has no talent whatsoever - meanwhile Bernard falls in love and tries desperately to impress her. Between them, they con Manny into throwing away a hard-earned break to help them out.
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Friday, March 8th, 2002
2: Fever
As the temperature creeps slowly towards 88 degrees, Manny desperately seeks out new ways to stay cool, lest he trigger his "Dave syndrome." Meanwhile an unsympathetic Bernard falls hopelessly in love with Fran's new neighbour, who is unknowingly taking over Fran's apartment.
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Friday, March 15th, 2002
3: The Fixer
Bernard and Manny need to teach a psychotic ex-con to read in three days after agreeing to host his reading and book-signing in the shop. Fran gets a new job and all seems to be going well until some miscommunication when Manny calls in a favour...
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Friday, March 22nd, 2002
4: Blood
When Manny is drawn into a competing bookstore by its customer-friendly atmosphere, he convinces Bernard the shop needs an overhaul. Fran makes use of the shop's improved facilities to track down her relatives, but is not entirely happy with what she finds.
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Friday, March 29th, 2002
5: Hello Sun
Fran starts spending time with a new-age friend to try and wind down while Bernard and Manny are having another fight. Bernard believes Manny is a psychopath and sends him to a therapist, where he unlocks a confidence he never knew he had.
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Friday, April 5th, 2002
6: A Nice Change
Bernard and Manny can't hear themselves argue because the shop next door is undergoing some round-the-clock construction. The noise drives Bernard, Manny and Fran up the wall. So Fran suggests a holiday. Bernard and Manny find baggage in her luggage. There's nothing in the crisp packet and Manny's pants aren't that easy to fold. Will the customer crack the system? What happens on the riverboat? Just how many monkeys are missing in Canada?
Season 3
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Thursday, March 11th, 2004
1: Manny Come Home
Fran returns from a vacation in Cornwall to discover Manny has resigned and Bernard is living amongst piles of his own filth and dead badgers. Manny has taken up work at the new bookstore next to Black Books, where he must contend with a new, and possibly even more demanding manager, played by Simon Pegg.
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Thursday, March 18th, 2004
2: Elephants and Hens
It is International Children's Book Week, and Bernard and Manny decide to write their own kids' classic and retire on the proceeds. Fran is off on a hen weekend, but still finds a way to fall out with Bernard and Manny.
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Thursday, March 25th, 2004
3: Moo-ma and Moo-pa
Manny is panicking about the impending visit of his parents - Fran blackmails Bernard into letting them stay by threatening to tell Manny Bernard has been screening his calls to keep him from going anywhere. When Manny's parents arrive however, the duo are forced to corroborate some slightly embellished details from Manny's letters home.
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Thursday, April 1st, 2004
4: A Little Flutter
Manny places a bet on the Grand National for Bernard who immediately becomes addicted to the thrill of gambling having previously expressed no interest. But his losses mount, and he starts borrowing gambling funds from increasingly scary people.
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Thursday, April 8th, 2004
5: Travel Writer
Manny organises a travel-writing festival and invites a charming explorer to talk about his adventures. Fran soon falls for his twinkling eyes and lavish hair, leaving Manny ragingly jealous. Meanwhile, Bernard hires an assassin to solve a financial problem with his neighbour.
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Thursday, April 15th, 2004
6: Party
Fed up with being stuck in the dusty old bookshop on a Friday night, and with the hopes of meeting a delectable young lady at a party, Manny and Fran persuaded Bernard to attend a party. After a night of heavy drinking, a very sloshed Bernard has a nasty surprise waiting for him.