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Schedule Friday 20th October 2000

Radio 4 11:30am
30 min
The Attractive Young Rabbi

The Attractive Young Rabbi

Series 2, Episode 5 - Brief Encounter

Culture-clash comedy set between a traditional and a new, more modern Jewish synagogue.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
The News Quiz. Andy Zaltzman

The News Quiz

Series 44, Episode 5

Simon Hoggart questions panellists Francis Wheen, Tony Hawks, Andy Hamilton and Jeremy Hardy about this week's news while Corrie Corfield reads out cuttings sent in by listeners.

Channel 4 logo. Copyright: Channel 4 Television Corporation 10pm
30 min
Black Books. Image shows from L to R: Bernard Black (Dylan Moran), Manny Bianco (Bill Bailey), Fran Katzenjammer (Tamsin Greig). Copyright: Assembly Film And Television

Black Books

Series 1, Episode 4 - The Blackout

Fran sees her boyfriend on a lunch date. Bernard is snubbed by friends but doesn't know why and Manny plays good cop, bad cop.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 10:35pm
30 min
BBC One. Copyright: BBC

Too Much Sun

Episode 1

Friends Nigel and Julian are Brits abroad: specifically, in Hollywood, trying (and largely failing) to make it in showbiz.

Channel 4 logo. Copyright: Channel 4 Television Corporation 11pm
30 min
The 11 O'Clock Show. Iain Lee

The 11 O'Clock Show

Series 5, Episode 12

The series returned in the second half of 2000 with Sarah Alexander and Jon Holmes as the new hosts.

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