Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #13559 in DVD
• Released on: 2004-10-04
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
• Formats: Anamorphic, PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 147 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
One of the few genuinely outstanding British comedy shows of the past decade, Black Books unites excellent comedic performances, very funny scripts, and plenty of rewatch value.

The concept is simple enough. Bernard (expertly played by Dylan Moran) runs a bookshop. The only problems are he can't stand people, hates customers, and would far prefer to be barking out cutting remarks and drinking wine. Still, it's after drinking much of the aforementioned wine that he offers Manny (Bill Bailey, again in terrific form) a job. Manny accepts, and finds his daily life involves taking abuse from Bernard, while remaining strangely and resolutely upbeat. Fran (Tamsin Greig) meanwhile also likes her wine, and finds herself stuck between the two of them, with a few odd encounters of her own thrown in too.

So far nothing particularly out of the ordinary, right? Well, mix in some of the creative force behind Father Ted, combine those aforementioned performances, and simmer to the point where episode after episode garners a cocktail of sniggers and belly laughs, and you have something really rather special. Like many of the best shows, the curtain has come down on Black Books after only three series. But the long-lasting legacy are episodes that are set to be enjoyed for a long, long time to come. --Simon Brew

DVD Description

Black Books: Series 3 continues to provide lots of laughs and entertainment from the surreal comedy series which follows the lives of the "Black Books" store workers, Bernard and Manny, and their friend next door, Fran. The hilarious trio does all it can to keep the outside world outside of the bookshop--even to the point where they don't care if they sell a single book. Their unbelievable stupidity means that life is never simple. Episodes in this series include:

- "Manny Come Home"
- "Elephants and Hens"
- "Moo-Ma and Moo-Pa"
- "A Little Flutter"
- "Travel Writer"
- "Party"

Customer Reviews

Truely Brilliant
The ingredients of superb casting, great script writing, a touch of surrealism and some brilliant classic slap stick moments make this make this a shear delight. Not many comedies make you laught out loud when you watch them by yourself - this one does and it delivers the laughs by the bucket full in all three series.

Great Show but DVD does not work
The Show is great an very funny but I have found that with some of the DVD's one of the episodes jumps at the begining. This means that the first part is unwatchable. The Rest of the DVD is fine. This is true though out the range beacsue i have had it replaced and have the 3 serise box set whihc has the same problem. But apart from that it is all great.

A new breed of comedy
Dylan Moran. Bill Bailey. Anyone who knows what these names mean and what it means when they come together would probably scream in delight and excrete some sort of magical fluid. And rightly so. For this series has not disappointed the Black books, Bailey and Moran fans out there with its unique style of side splitting, pants pissing comedy. Though maybe a bit esoteric (it only ranked about 54 in the 100 greatest British sitcoms) and with slightly rusty acting, the lunatic humour is still very much apparent and I feel it belongs up there with Father Ted and the other great ridiculous comedies.