Black Books

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Black Books is a British sitcom centered on the misanthropic owner of a chaotic London bookshop, known for its dark humor and cult following.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British television sitcom
audioFormat stereo
award BAFTA TV Award for Best Situation Comedy NERFINISHED
character Bernard Black NERFINISHED
Fran Katzenjammer NERFINISHED
Manny Bianco NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
creator Dylan Moran NERFINISHED
Graham Linehan NERFINISHED
executiveProducer Dylan Moran NERFINISHED
Graham Linehan NERFINISHED
Nira Park NERFINISHED
filmingStyle multi-camera
firstAired 2000
29 September 2000
firstSeriesAired 2000
genre black comedy
sitcom
hasCultFollowing true
hasGenre surreal humour
lastAired 15 April 2004
2004
locationCountry England NERFINISHED
mainCharacterName Bernard Black NERFINISHED
mainCharacterOccupation bookshop owner
notableFor dark humour
portrayal of misanthropic bookshop owner
numberOfEpisodes 18
numberOfSeasons 3
numberOfSeries 3
originalChannel Channel 4 NERFINISHED
originalLanguage English
originallyBroadcastIn United Kingdom NERFINISHED
originalNetwork Channel 4 NERFINISHED
pictureFormat 4:3
producer Nira Park NERFINISHED
productionCompany Big Talk Productions NERFINISHED
runningTimePerEpisode 25 minutes
secondSeriesAired 2002
settingLocation London, England
surface form: London

fictional bookshop Black Books
starring Bill Bailey NERFINISHED
Dylan Moran NERFINISHED
Tamsin Greig NERFINISHED
supportingCharacterName Fran Katzenjammer NERFINISHED
Manny Bianco NERFINISHED
themeMusicComposer Jonathan Whitehead NERFINISHED
thirdSeriesAired 2004

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Tamsin Greig characterInWork Black Books
Big Talk Productions notableWork Black Books
Michael Smiley notableWork Black Books
Tamsin Greig notableWork Black Books
Nira Park produced Black Books