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The second series of Black Books somehow succeeded in being even further off the wall than the first. A larger team of writers no doubt helped, but Dylan Moran's greater input clearly shows. His Bernard Black doesn't get the best lines (that honour is always Bill Bailey's), but he definitely gets the best visual gags: a wine-bottle ice lolly, a dinner jacket made from tax receipts and a talent for the piano that defies logic. Aided by the hapless Fran (Tamsin Greig), the bookshop boys survive plenty of adventures, such as a touch of Dave's Syndrome, transforming into a restaurant, falling in love and even a few molluscs on the walls. Guest actors are all aware that they need to be at their funniest in order to register amid the madness: Johnny Vegas is the perfect slimy landlord, Jessica Stevenson revels in being the ultimate health-fad flake and Rob Brydon is terrific in his office-boss cameo. All this series lacks is any sense of closure for the characters, which, without the prospect of a third series, is a terrible tease. --Paul Tonks
The Guardian
"The most original sitcom since Our Lord John Cleese’s finest half hours"
"Throat-achingly funny comedy. Makes life worthwhile."
Brilliantly deranged comedy"
"Throat-achingly funny comedy. Makes life worthwhile."
Brilliantly deranged comedy"
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
A situation comedy about a man who owns a bookshop and his friends. Doesn't sound like the funniest sit-com ever does it? Wrong! This is without a doubt, the funniest sit-com that I have ever seen (and I am a big fan of sit-coms).
Dylan Moran as the fantastic, customer hating, Bernard Black is truly the ultimate comic creation. He owns the bookshop "Black Books", the only problem being that he hates selling books because then he has to order more. When he is paired with the odd Manny (Bill Bailey) and the quirky Fran (Tamsin Greig), you get a television show to beat all television shows.
With the 6 episodes:
The Entertainer,
Fever,
The Fixer,
Blood,
Hello Sun,
and A Nice Change.
These episodes coupled with out-takes, a photo gallery, audio commentary, series 3 trailer and special feature "Black Dolls", make this a DVD that no-one who even remotely enjoys comedy should miss.
Buy this DVD today.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
How do you follow up one of the most original sitcoms of the last 20 years? Well if your Dylan Moran, easy, you just keep to the same bizzarre plot lines and happenings, add a bit more stupidness, and Bobs you uncle, unless he's called something else. I love Black Books, it's stupid, it's clever but above all, it's genuinly funny. The laugh out loud moments are too numerous to mention but Manny playing the piano from the inside with spoons while Fran and Bernard fool their piano teacher and girlfriend respectivly is just one of them! In this series I feel there is more imputus on the plot, the first series was a lot looser but still equally funny, and there's a few swipes at big corporation book shops and criminals who feel the need to sell their stories which are touched on brilliantly. The only main difference is that in this series, Fran has lost her job and apart from one episode where she gets a job in an office where she has no idea what to do, ends up getting promoted after her presentation which involes drawing a circle and an arrow on a flip chart only to get sacked after a mix up with an underworld boss, she just tends to wander round getting drunk with Bernard. I feel I also have to disagree with the people who say Fran is unfunny. She's exactly the foil that Bernard and Manny need; she's just funnier in a more subtle way to the other twos more physical approch. The discussion she has with her landlord, played brilliantly seedy by Johnny Vegas, about her shrinking bedroom is fantastic and when you think that she's the sanest one of the three, it's quite scary!
Basically, buy this now! The extras are brilliant, the writings fantastic and it's the funniest thing you can own! One slight bug bear, why is it that when I buy series 1 and 2 seperatly, they then bring out a complete box set of all 3 series! There all around me like a nest of pigs!!!!!
Basically, buy this now! The extras are brilliant, the writings fantastic and it's the funniest thing you can own! One slight bug bear, why is it that when I buy series 1 and 2 seperatly, they then bring out a complete box set of all 3 series! There all around me like a nest of pigs!!!!!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Imagine a comedy that leaps to life in a whirl of laughter and gags. Endulge yourself in six chapters of pure comic genius and prepare to meet Bernard, Manny and Fran, theree friends stuck in a small secure, crazy world of books, wine and cigerettes. Written by and starring Dylan Moran (Shaun of the Dead), Black Books isn't your average sitcom. It has the character based surrealism of Father Ted and the tongue tying, flowery, metaphor laiden language of Blackadder. You'll be quoting this six wonderfully lively episodes for weeks to come. If you like comedy, you'll love Black Books.
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"crying with laughter"
I watched this all in one night (I need to get out more obviously), and I just cried with laughter! The relationship between the 2 main characters is downright bizarre, yet it... Read more
Published 3 months ago by London Girl
Back in Black
Bill Bailey (Manny Bianco) is a musical and comic genius; Dylan Moran (Bernard Black) is absolutely his equal but their wildly contrasting personas in the show form the basis of... Read more
Published on 3 May 2009 by Captain Pugwash
More side-splitting humour!
Bernard Black, Manny and Fran just get funnier and funnier in this second series about a cranky book shop owner and his sidekicks. Read more
Published on 26 Jun 2005 by kehs
As funny, inventive n pure liquid genious as the 1st series
So funny i laughed like a Ming 'til I wept. mmweeehehehehehee, (i think thats what he sounds like)
Published on 8 Aug 2004 by W. A. Harding
Comedy Genius
If youve never experianced black books before then your seriously missing out. Howevere this series is not quite as good as the 1st one but it closly follows-Bill Baily is... Read more
Published on 20 July 2004 by jack pearsall
Fabadoozely amazing
Every single episode ever in the world of Black Books are fantastic, the relationship between Bernard Black (Dylan Moran) and Manny Bianco (Bill Bailey) is brilliant. Read more
Published on 18 April 2004 by "huanlongdhong"
Absoloute Superbness
If you liked series 1, then you will LOVE series 2! Putting Bill Bailey and Dylan Moran together in a sitcom was the best idea anyone has ever had. They work superbly together. Read more
Published on 18 April 2004 by "huanlongdhong"
QUALITY
this is THE best comedy in the whole milky white! Dylan Moran and Bill Bailey are the best actors together as Bernard & Manny! Read more
Published on 25 Mar 2004 by Tom
Could possibly be a 3rd series
The first one made me laugh myself silly, and this one I am fully expecting to do the same. Saw the bit in the review about there not being a 3rd series and was saddened, but on... Read more
Published on 19 Mar 2004 by "ctchris2000"
It's worth more than 5 stars!!!!!
Brilliant!
If you liked the 1st series, then you will just love this! The 2nd series returns with all the mad humour that was in the 1st series and much much more. Read more
Published on 15 Mar 2004
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