- Title: Black Books - Series 1
- Date: 3rd November 2000
- Summary: Episode Six: He's Leaving Home After growing tired of being told off by Bernard and treated like a child Manny decides to run away. He calls Bernard from a phone box to tell him and as he talks manages to get stung by a bee,put his arm through the glass and get mugged. Bernard finds the whole thing very amusing and isn't bothered that he is gone but Fran is distraught. They try to report him as a missing person to the police but he is too old to be a top priority. Fran grows increasingly angry with Bernard's lack of care for Manny,they argue and Fran tells him she doesn't want to see him anymore as she blames him for Manny going away. Meanwhile Manny gets taken in by a dodgy photographer who has a thing about hairy men and ends up becoming a prostitute for foreign business men. Eventually Manny realises that all the fancy clothes and satin sheets are not enough to compensate for the trips to the casino so he goes back to the bookshop much to Fran and even Bernard's delight.
- Description:Black books A sitcom following the antics of the foul tempered and wildly eccentric bookshop owner Bernard Black,his long haired long suffering assistant Manny and his best and only friend - Fran who owns the shop next door. Written by: Dylan Moran and Graham Linehan Directed by: Nick Wood and Graham Linehan Cast: Bernard Black (Dylan Moran),Manny (Bill Bailey),Fran (Tamsin Grieg) with Omid Djalili,Sophie Stanton,David Walliams
- Broadcaster:Channel 4
- Collection: Channel 4
- Genre:Entertainment
- Producer:Assembly Film And Television Ltd.
- Programme Episode:Episode 6
- Transmission Date:03/11/2000
- Rights:Worldwide
- Decade: 2000s