List of Black Books episodes
Series 1 (2000)

List of Black Books episodes

Section Title: Series 1 (2000)
Table Section Text: None

No.	Title	Writer	Director	Airdate

1	"Cooking the Books"	Dylan Moran, Graham Linehan	Graham Linehan, Nick Wood	29 September 2000

After his accountant flees from the police, Bernard is faced with the daunting prospect of doing his own taxes, and resorts to pairing his socks, getting drunk with door-to-door evangelists, and trying to seriously injure himself since it will allow him to defer his tax return.

2	"Manny's First Day"	Dylan Moran, Graham Linehan	Graham Linehan, Nick Wood	6 October 2000

Bernard wakes up from a boozy night to discover he's accidentally given Manny a job at the bookshop, then spends the day trying to get rid of him.

3	"Grapes of Wrath"	Dylan Moran, Graham Linehan	Graham Linehan, Nick Wood	13 October 2000

When the sheer filth of the bookshop overwhelms him, Manny calls a creepy cleaner, and Bernard reluctantly agrees to house-sit for a friend.

4	"The Blackout"	Dylan Moran, Graham Linehan	Graham Linehan, Nick Wood	20 October 2000

After celebrating his birthday fueling an all-night The Sweeney marathon by drinking espresso, Manny thinks he's a 1970s cop and manages to go from eyeing old men suspiciously in the bookshop to being trapped at the local police station helping a real detective put the 'good cop, bad cop' routine on a local villain.

5	"The Big Lock-Out"	Dylan Moran, Graham Linehan	Graham Linehan, Nick Wood	27 October 2000

After being burgled, Black Books gets a new alarm and security door fitted, but Manny fails to listen to the unlock code, distracted by a little Subbuteo player in the installer's hair ("there was a little man ...

6	"He's Leaving Home"	Dylan Moran, Graham Linehan	Graham Linehan, Nick Wood	3 November 2000

Bernard finally breaks the last straw with his constant bullying, and Manny leaves home, but doesn't even manage to let Bernard know about this without being attacked by a bee in a telephone box and finding himself on the streets.

Sentence(s)

The Sweeney was appeared in the Black Books episode "The Blackout".

final_sentence: The Sweeney was appeared in the Black Books episode "The Blackout".