Here’s why…
Everyone loves second-hand bookshops, dont they?
Only dimly familiar with the concept of customer service, he rules his domain with a rod of iron.
Just as well, really.
The trio of bizarre characters atBlack Books heart is completed by Fran Katzenjammer (Tamsin Greig).
Baileys performance as the long-suffering Manny is also superb.
Ultimately, this band of misfits belong together.
Needless to say, all does not go to plan.
Every glowering hero needs his perky sidekick.
By the end of series one, Mannys had quite enough of his infernal bosss antics.
Fran, meanwhile, is working for the budding writers uncle.
The nature of the job?
Frans landlord (a superb Johnny Vegas) is up to no good.
He and Manny polish off a bottle of magnificent wine intended only to pass the lips of the Pope.
Can they make another one to replace it?
Well have a lot of fun finding out.
Black Booksgave us many sublime comic moments, but for me, its finest hour came in series one.
InThe Big Lock-Out, Bernard is the victim of a burglary.
Installing a state-of-the-art new security system seems like the ideal solution.
Does it produce some kind of dizzying high?)
