🍷🤣 Bernard Black’s Brilliant Chaos! 🇬🇧 Black Books (2000–2004) is one of Channel 4’s funniest and most anarchic sitcoms. Starring Dylan Moran as the cynical, chain-smoking, wine-soaked bookshop owner Bernard Black 🍷📖, the show follows his misadventures with long-suffering assistant Manny (Bill Bailey) and neurotic friend Fran (Tamsin Greig). What made it so good? The razor-sharp writing, surreal humour, and sheer chaotic energy of Bernard — who hates customers, loves wine, and is permanent