Weekend World
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From 1972 to 1988
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Weekend World was a British television political series, made by London Weekend Television and broadcast from 1972 to 1988. Created by John Birt not long after he moved to LWT, the series was broadcast on the ITV network at lunchtimes on Sundays. Produced by Nick Elliott and David Elstein, it began by mirroring CBS's "60 Minutes" featuring several stories each week but gradually devolved into a show that featured a forensic interview with a major political figure each week. It was presented by Peter Jay initially when first broadcast in 1972, but was best-remembered for being anchored by former Labour MP Brian Walden between 1977 and 1986. Conservative MP Matthew Parris took over in 1986, resigning his seat, and presented the programme until the series ended in 1988.
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Season 1Season 111 episodes
- S01E01Episode 11972-10-01✓
- S01E02Episode 21972-10-08✓
- S01E03Episode 31972-10-15
- S01E04Episode 41972-10-22
- S01E05Episode 51972-10-29
- S01E06Episode 61972-11-12
- S01E07Episode 71972-11-19
- S01E08Aspects of the Media1972-11-26
- S01E09Episode 91972-12-03
- S01E10Angry Brigade1972-12-10
- S01E11Interview with Professor Sir Michael Swann1972-12-17
Season 235 episodes
Season 330 episodes
Season 436 episodes
Season 525 episodes
Season 614 episodes
Season 717 episodes
- S07E01Northern Ireland1978-01-15
- S07E02Episode 21978-01-22
- S07E03Myra Hindley1978-04-02
- S07E04Episode 41978-09-17
- S07E05Episode 51978-09-24
- S07E06Episode 61978-10-01
- S07E07Episode 71978-10-08
- S07E08Episode 81978-10-15
- S07E09
Season 827 episodes
- S08E01Thatcher's Platform1979-01-07
- S08E02Callaghan's Government1979-01-14
- S08E03Episode 31979-01-21
- S08E04Episode 41979-01-28
- S08E05Episode 51979-02-04
- S08E06Episode 61979-02-11
- S08E07Episode 71979-02-18
- S08E08Episode 81979-02-25
- S08E09
Season 936 episodes
Season 1036 episodes
- S10E01British Leyland - Day of Decision1981-01-04
- S10E02The Middle East - Britain Steps in1981-01-11
- S10E03The Labour Right - Moment of Truth1981-01-18
- S10E04Foot Loses - Labour Splits?1981-01-25
- S10E05The Thatcher Interview - Jobs, Prices, Taxes1981-02-01
- S10E06South Africa - At the Crossroads1981-02-08
- S10E07Poland - The Last Chance1981-02-15
- S10E08Thatcher's Somersault1981-02-22
Season 1137 episodes
- S11E01Poland's Agony - What Should We Do?1982-01-10
- S11E02The Tories Darkest Hour - What Can They Do?1982-01-17
- S11E03After Poland - A New Cold War?1982-01-24
- S11E04Tebbit Tackles the Unions - Confrontation on the Way?1982-01-31
- S11E05Deadlock on the Railways - Shut Down on the Way?1982-02-07
- S11E06Rape and the Law1982-02-14
- S11E07Japan's Threat to Jobs - Britain Fights Back1982-02-21
- S11E08Britain's Bomb - Moment of Truth
Season 1236 episodes
- S12E01The Resolute Approach - An Election Winner?1983-01-09
- S12E02The Prime Minister - The Resolute Approach1983-01-16
- S12E03Devaluing the Pound - A Dangerous Remedy?1983-01-23
- S12E04The Water Strike - Compromise or Chaos?1983-01-30
- S12E05The Missile Debate - America Puts Its Case1983-02-06
- S12E06The Missile Debate - Heseltine Replies1983-02-13
- S12E07The Missile Debate - The Case Against Cruise1983-02-20
- S12E08After Bermondsey - Will Foot Survive?
Season 1336 episodes
- S13E01Privatising State Industries - Against the Public Interest?1984-01-08
- S13E02The Prime Minister - The Second Term1984-01-15
- S13E03Labour Under Kinnock - Charting the Way Back1984-01-22
- S13E04The Trade Unions - Facing the Future1984-01-29
- S13E05Standards in Schools - Joseph's Plan for Action1984-02-05
- S13E06Andropov's Heirs - Facing the Future1984-02-12
- S13E07The Future of the Falklands - A Settlement in Sight?1984-02-19
- S13E08Acid Rain - The Quiet Killer
Season 1436 episodes
- S14E01The Government in 1985 - Facing Backbench Revolt1985-01-06
- S14E02The Case of Baby Cotton - Creation Out of Control?1985-01-13
- S14E03Neil Kinnock - The Task for Labour1985-01-20
- S14E04The Miners' Strike - How Close is Peace?1985-01-27
- S14E05Gibraltar - Staying British?1985-02-03
- S14E06The Miners' Strike - Peace in the Pits?1985-02-10
- S14E07The Soaring Dollar - Threatening Britain?1985-02-17
- S14E08The AIDS Scare - Fact and Fiction
Season 1536 episodes
- S15E01Michael Heseltine1986-01-12
- S15E02Leon Brittan and Westland1986-01-19
- S15E03Douglas Hurd1986-01-26
- S15E04Episode 41986-02-02
- S15E05Episode 51986-02-09
- S15E06Episode 61986-02-16
- S15E07Oil1986-02-23
- S15E08Episode 81986-03-02
- S15E09
Season 1636 episodes
- S16E01The Next General Election - Can the Tories Be Beaten?1987-01-11
- S16E02Reagan's Deficit - Trade War Ahead?1987-01-18
- S16E03Stalker/Sampson Inquiries Into the RUC1987-01-25
- S16E04The SDP/Liberal Alliance - What Chances for Take-Off?1987-02-01
- S16E05Labour's Jobs Plan - A Credible Alternative?1987-02-08
- S16E06The Future of the Land - Greenery or Concrete?1987-02-15
- S16E07Tactical Voting - An Electoral Revolution?1987-02-22
- S16E08After Greenwich - The Alliance Challenge
Season 1722 episodes
- S17E01The Secretative State - Time to Curb Its Power?1988-01-10
- S17E02Alliance in Crisis - Can It Be Saved?1988-01-17
- S17E03Homosexuality - Back to the Straight and Narrow?1988-01-24
- S17E04Human Embryos - A Right to Life?1988-01-31
- S17E05Uprising in Palestine - Anger in Ireland1988-02-07
- S17E06Privatising Electricity - The End of Nuclear Power?1988-02-14
- S17E07Third Term Thatcherism - A Permanent Revolution?1988-02-21
- S17E08The Future of ITV - Never Mind the Quality?