History WMG / BlackBooks

Another one of those 'actor's the same, so character is the same' WMGs, but they're both doctors, and it's possible that John had qualified as a doctor but hadn't yet joined the Army in 2000.

Black Books and Spaced are proven to exist in the same universe, since in one episode, Manny is heard talking to Twist Morgan. Because of this, the only reasonable explanation for why Manny and Bill Bailey's character in Spaced, Bilbo Bagshot, look so similar, is that they are identical twins. Additionally, Evan, the manager of Goliath Books, is probably related to Tim Bisley.

[[WMG: the doctor who treated Manny in the first episode was a young John Watson.]]
Another one of those 'actor's the same, so character is the same', but they're both doctors, and it's possible that John hadn't joined the military in 2000.
* Makes sense, maybe he didn't think to join the army until we actually invaded Iraq/Afghanistan/I can't remember where John Watson actually got his limp.
** It was Afghanistan. Maybe his response to that particular incident was ''Sod this, it's too ridiculous. I'm joining the army.''

[[WMG: Sherlock Holmes got his nice coat from the Oxfam shop Bernard donated to in the second episode.]]
If the above Guesser is right about the two shows taking place in the same universe then why not? Bernard loves dark clothes and big coats. He didn't necessarily get rid of his coat as part of that donation, but could be the same Oxfam shop.

Remember Rufus "I don't have a book down my trousers"? Who plays him? Exactly. This one incident gave young Bernard an incentive to clean up his life (ish), start reading books and stop stealing stuff under an assumed name. And once he started reading, he was hooked! Wanted to do nothing else. Wanted a barely-functioning bookshop of his own to lord over and throw people out of, just like Will has.

Sired during a drunken escapade, Bernard ended up immigrating to England to start a business.

[[WMG:Manny is the identical twin of Bilbo Bagshot from {{Spaced}}]]

[[WMG: Bernard is the illegitimate son of [[FatherTed Father Jack]].]]

Yes, indeed, Ben Swain from Series/{{The Thick of It}} once lost most of his clothes to Fran in a poker game. And who knew he could play the saxaphone?

Yes, indeed, Ben Swain from {{The Thick of It}} once lost most of his clothes to Fran in a poker game. And who knew he could play the saxaphone?

[[WMG: The customer who got roped into playing poker in 'A Little Flutter' (S03E04) later became a Tory MP.]]
Yes, indeed, Ben Swain from {{The Thick Of It}} once lost most of his clothes to Fran in a poker game. And who knew he could play the saxaphone?

If the above Guesser is right about the two shows taking place in the same universe then why not? Bernard loves dark clothes and big coats. He didn't necessarily get rid of his coat as part of that donation, but could be the same Oxfam shop.

Another one of those 'actor's the same, so character is the same', but they're both doctors, and it's possible that John hadn't joined the military in 2000.

It was one of the non-miraculous wines on the dusty shelf, which was inferior because it hadn't been rotated in seventy years and the bottler had spat in it. You don't give someone a literal miracle wine just for getting your cousin out of a minor assault charge, even if that someone is the Pope and the victim was a celebrity, ''especially'' since, well, the Pope... Wine made by the church from miracle grapes... It could be a bit insulting, and he probably wouldn't have wanted to risk it.

Black Books and Spaced are proven to exist in the same universe, since in one episode, Manny is heard talking to Twist Morgan. Because of this, the only reasonable explanation for why Manny and Bill Bailey's character in Spaced, Bilbo Bagshot, look so similar, is that they are identical twins. Additionally, Evan, the manager of Goliath Books, is probably related to Tim Bisley.