Bernard Ludwig Black, played by comedian Dylan Moran, is a fictional bookseller and the main character in the sitcom Black Books. Bernard is the owner of the 'Black Books' bookshop, wherein much of the series takes place. Many of episodes of the series focus on Black along with his quirky personality and issues. His distinctive character traits are his wild, messy hair, and black clothing.
In Channel 4's The World's Greatest Comedy Characters pol...
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Bernard Ludwig Black, played by comedian Dylan Moran, is a fictional bookseller and the main character in the sitcom Black Books. Bernard is the owner of the 'Black Books' bookshop, wherein much of the series takes place. Many of episodes of the series focus on Black along with his quirky personality and issues. His distinctive character traits are his wild, messy hair, and black clothing.
In Channel 4's The World's Greatest Comedy Characters poll, Bernard was voted 19th.
Bernard Black is a sour, drunken, pessimistic, and at times neurotic, Irish misanthrope, whose sole pursuit in life appears to be drinking, smoking, reading, and insulting people. His assistant Manny implies that Bernard does not have a heart, referring to it as "just a shard of ice". His only other friend Fran, however, has "always seen it as a flint". Bernard's role as the owner of the bookshop 'Black Books' is an interesting vocational choice when one takes into account the fact that he hates both the pressures...
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