Season 1
Meet Bernard Black, a cantankerous and idiosyncratic bookshop proprietor who loves his books but recoils from his customers. Manny is Bernard's long-suffering assistant, and Fran is the owner of the gift shop next door to Black Books. Black Books follows Manny and Fran as they strive to coax Bernard into venturing beyond his shop and into the wider world, and charts the comical consequences of their efforts.
20006 EpisodesComedy
Episode Guide
Bernard's dodgy accountant is forced 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.