# Decorative Books

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decorative-books/821443>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 16, 2018, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decorative-books/821443 "2018-09-16T16:19:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Arkcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Arkcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arkcon)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2018, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decorative-books/821443/41 "2018-10-16T12:57:29Z")

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> [@DPRK](#):
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> “Black Books”, season 1, episode 1:

Humpf. According to IMDB, it ran for four seasons … it WAS the next Blackadder. I only found a few episodes on Youtube back in the day.

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**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2018, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decorative-books/821443/42 "2018-10-16T13:51:24Z")

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> [@Arkcon](#):
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> Humpf. According to IMDB, it ran for four seasons … it WAS the next Blackadder. I only found a few episodes on Youtube back in the day.

But that “four seasons” was still fewer than 20 episodes.

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**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2018, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decorative-books/821443/43 "2018-10-16T13:53:47Z")

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> [@Arkcon](#):
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> Humpf. According to IMDB, it ran for four seasons … it WAS the next Blackadder. I only found a few episodes on Youtube back in the day.

Three 6-episode seasons. Have you tried streaming episodes from the [official page](http://www.channel4.com/programmes/black-books)?

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**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2018, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decorative-books/821443/44 "2018-10-16T14:11:46Z")

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I saw that show a few years ago and thought it was hilarious with some of the absurdity of The IT Crowd.

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**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2018, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decorative-books/821443/45 "2018-10-16T18:33:02Z")

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I watched several episodes of _Black Books_ solely because of the amazing Tamsin Greig. The other two just dragged it down. IMHO.

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