Black Books Manny's First Day (Season 1, Episode 2)
TV-14
TV Episode | 23 min | Comedy

Black Books

Manny's First Day (Season 1, Episode 2)

TV-14

TV Episode | 23 min | Comedy

Bernard wakes up to discover that he has a new employee for his book shop, who infuriatingly has great skill at selling books. While Bernard is reluctant to keep him on, Fran makes her feelings clear on the matter.

Directors

Graham Linehan | Nick Wood

Writers

Dylan Moran (by) | Graham Linehan (by)

Producers

Julian Meers | Nira Park

Composer

Jonathan Whitehead

Cinematographer

John Rosenberg

Editor

Nick Ames

Casting Directors

John Connor | Jane Davies

Production Designer

Dennis De Groot

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Edit Released

Updated Oct 6, 2000

Release date

Oct 6, 2000 (United Kingdom)

Awards

Series awards

3 wins & 3 nominations

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11 cast members

Name	Known for
Dylan Moran Bernard Black Bernard Black See fewer	Black Books (2000)
Bill Bailey Manny Manny See fewer	Hot Fuzz (2007)
Tamsin Greig Fran Fran See fewer	Green Wing (2004)
John Arthur First Customer First Customer See fewer	Emmerdale Farm (1972)
David Cann Eddie Eddie See fewer	1984 (1984)
Ben Homewood Fourth Customer Fourth Customer See fewer	Missions (2017)
Rhys Thomas Student Student See fewer	Dodger (2022)
Stewart Wright Second Customer Second Customer See fewer	Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)
Rosie Day Rachel (uncredited) Rachel (uncredited) See fewer	All Roads Lead to Rome (2015)
David Decio Student (uncredited) Student (uncredited) See fewer	Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022)
Graham Linehan Book Lover (uncredited) Book Lover (uncredited) See fewer	Motherland (I) (2016)