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| Black Books | Black Books is a British television sitcom, broadcast on Channel 4 and written and directed by Dylan Moran, Nira Park and Graham Linehan. The show has twice won the BAFTA for Best Situation Comedy (2001 & 2005) and has won a Bronze Rose at the Festival Rose d'Or of Montreux (Switzerland in 2001). (references) | ||
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| Black Books | Literature | 1: To be in my black books. In bad odour; in disgrace; out of favour. The black books were those compiled in the reign of Henry VIII. to set forth the scandalous proceedings of the English monasteries, and were so called from the colour of their binding. We have similarly the Blue Book, the Red Book, and so on. 2: Of the Exchequer. An official account of the royal revenues, payments, perquisites, etc., in the reign of Henry II. Its cover was black leather. There are two of them preserved in the Public Record Office. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
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