Season 1
Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Sep 29, 2000
When his dodgy accountant goes on the run, Bernard has to fill in his own tax return, which isn't easy when you're mathematically illiterate. Perhaps some sort of crippling injury is the way out?
Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Oct 6, 2000
Bernard, having offered Manny the job while he was drunk, does his best to get rid of his new charge by offering him a one-day trial. Is this suspiciously modern-looking assistant up to scratch?
Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Oct 13, 2000
The discomforting presence in the bookshop of an oddly sensual cleaner forces Bernard and Manny to accept a house-sitting job, where they drink an unbelievably expensive bottle of wine
Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Oct 20, 2000
Manny gets hyper after a night of drinking too many espressos and watching an entire box-set of The Sweeney, and is mistaken for a policeman when he gives high-speed chase to a bagsnatcher
Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Oct 27, 2000
When a new security system that neither Bernard nor Manny can operate is installed in the shop, Bernard ends up locked out for the evening, while Manny is locked in
Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: Nov 3, 2000
Manny becomes a runaway when Bernard's relentless bossiness gets too much for him. But life is tough on the street, so when a photographer offers him a place to stay he's happy to take up the offer.
Season 2
Episode: 2x01 | Airdate: Mar 1, 2002
Fran takes up piano. Bernard falls in love. Manny just wants a break. But genius finds no rest as Fran lies to a sweet old blind man and Bernard deceives his adoring public.
Episode: 2x02 | Airdate: Mar 8, 2002
Fran can't sleep in the heat. Bernard needs a girlfriend to stop him staring. And Manny is worried about the reliability of his magic hot water bottle.
Episode: 2x03 | Airdate: Mar 15, 2002
Manny uses his underworld connections to find Fran mysterious employment; so mysterious that she has no idea what she is doing. In return Bernard and Manny just have to educate a psychopath.
Episode: 2x04 | Airdate: Mar 22, 2002
Unemployed and restless, Fran takes comfort in the discovery of her exotic new-found cousins. And in pursuit of Michelin stars Manny and Bernard transform the infested bookshop into a restaurant.
Episode: 2x05 | Airdate: Mar 29, 2002
Fran tries to discover her inner karma at the advice of her disapproving friend Eva. Meanwhile, Bernard finds positive proof that Manny is mad.
Episode: 2x06 | Airdate: Apr 5, 2002
Bernard and Manny can't hear themselves argue because of the builders next door. Fran suggests a holiday. But how will the three of them fare when they attempt to venture abroad together?
Season 3
Episode: 3x01 | Airdate: Mar 11, 2004
Manny defects to a swish new bookshop next door run by a super-efficient manager (Simon Pegg), and when Fran returns from holiday, she finds the shop a hovel and Bernard completely gone to seed
Episode: 3x02 | Airdate: Mar 18, 2004
It's International Children's Book Week. Bernard and Manny reckon they can do better than the trash children are offered these days, so they decide to write a kids' classic and retire, Rowling-rich.
Episode: 3x03 | Airdate: Mar 25, 2004
Manny's parents come to stay. Bernard wants rid of them, preferably the day before yesterday. And Fran is rather grumpy about pretending to be Manny's girlfriend to corroborate Manny's letters home.
Episode: 3x04 | Airdate: Apr 1, 2004
Manny puts a bet on the Grand National for Bernard, who says he's not interested in gambling but immediately becomes addicted, and has to exploit Fran and Manny so he can replenish his dwindling funds
Episode: 3x05 | Airdate: Apr 8, 2004
Manny organises a travel writing festival but has a jealous rage when Fran is captivated by the twinkling eyes and lavish hair of famously charming explorer Jason Hamilton (Julian Rhind-Tutt)
Episode: 3x06 | Airdate: Apr 15, 2004
It's Friday night. Manny and Fran want to go out. Bernard wants to stay in, get drunk and ignore his friends. And if Manny dares to use 'party' as a verb, Bernard won't be responsible for his actions.