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Watching: Weekend World

0.0•1972-10-01•17 Seasons
Season 11
Episode 14

Seasons

Season 1Season 2Season 3Season 4Season 5Season 6Season 7Season 8Season 9Season 10Season 11Season 12Season 13Season 14Season 15Season 16Season 17

Episodes

EP 1
Poland's Agony - What Should We Do?
EP 2
The Tories Darkest Hour - What Can They Do?
EP 3
After Poland - A New Cold War?
EP 4
Tebbit Tackles the Unions - Confrontation on the Way?
EP 5
Deadlock on the Railways - Shut Down on the Way?
EP 6
Rape and the Law
EP 7
Japan's Threat to Jobs - Britain Fights Back
EP 8
Britain's Bomb - Moment of Truth
EP 9
The Labour Party - Back on the Brink
EP 10
Sir Geoffrey's Budget - Basis for Recovery?
EP 11
Elections in El Salvador - Decision Time in Washington
EP 12
After Hillhead - Tomorrow's Politics
EP 13
Regaining the Falklands - On Course for War?
EP 14
Regaining the Falklands - The Brink of War
EP 15
Regaining the Falklands - Last Chance for Peace?
EP 16
Nearer to Peace - Or Closer to War?
EP 17
Battle for the Falklands - Setting Off a War?
EP 18
Invading the Falklands - Moment of Decision
EP 19
Peace Talks in New York - Decision Time in Downing Street
EP 20
Battle for the Falklands - The Hours of Danger
EP 21
War on the Falklands - A Fight to the Finish?
EP 22
The Future of the Falklands - America States Its Terms
EP 23
The Future of the Falklands - An End to Consensus?
EP 24
Massacre in Beirut - Death Blow to Peace?
EP 25
After the Conference - On the Road to Power?
EP 26
Lebanon's Agony - The West Steps in
EP 27
The Thatcher Approach - An Election Winner?
EP 28
The Divided West - A New Beginning?
EP 29
Prior's Irish Initiative - Deepening the Divide?
EP 30
Banks on the Brink - Rescue or Ruin?
EP 31
Responding to Poland - The Allies Divided
EP 32
After Brezhnev - Andropov's Russia
EP 33
The Labour Party - Back in Turmoil?
EP 34
Crisis at GATT - Britain's Dilemma
EP 35
Cable Television - Marvel or Menace?
EP 36
After Ballykelly - A Time for Decision
EP 37
The Spies Scandal - What Should We Do?

Overview

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.