Bernard Black owns a bookshop, an invitingly musty nook crammed with as much literature as it is possible for the small place to hold without collapsing. Unfortunately for Bernard his love of books is equally matched by his contempt for anyone who wishes to buy them. Add to this curious scenario his eccentric friends, Manny, amiable and constantly abused, and Fran, scatty and self obsessed and you have the ingredients for one of the best sitcom's to grace the small screen in a good while. Thankgod for Channel 4.