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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.
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Matthew Parris
Seasons List
1972
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1973
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1. Episode 1
2. Episode 2
3. Episode 3
4. Episode 4
5. Episode 5
6. Episode 6
7. Episode 7
8. Episode 8
9. Lonrho
10. Episode 10
11. Episode 11
12. Episode 12
13. Episode 13
14. Episode 14
15. Episode 15
16. Episode 16
17. Episode 17
18. Episode 18
19. Episode 19
20. Episode 20
21. Episode 21
22. Episode 22
23. Episode 23
24. Episode 24
25. Episode 25
26. Episode 26
27. Episode 27
28. Episode 28
29. Episode 29
30. Episode 30
31. Episode 31
32. Episode 32
33. Emergency Special - The Three Day Week
34. Episode 34
35. Episode 35
1974
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1. Episode 1
2. Episode 2
3. Episode 3
4. The Miners
5. Episode 5
6. Episode 6
7. Episode 7
8. Episode 8
9. Episode 9
10. Episode 10
11. Episode 11
12. Episode 12
13. Episode 13
14. Episode 14
15. Edward Heath
16. Episode 16
17. Episode 17
18. Episode 18
19. Episode 19
20. Episode 20
21. Episode 21
22. Episode 22
23. Episode 23
24. Episode 24
25. Episode 25
26. Episode 26
27. Episode 27
28. Episode 28
29. Episode 29
30. Episode 30
1975
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1. Episode 1
2. Episode 2
3. Episode 3
4. Episode 4
5. Episode 5
6. Episode 6
7. Episode 7
8. Episode 8
9. Episode 9
10. Episode 10
11. Episode 11
12. Episode 12
13. Episode 13
14. Episode 14
15. Episode 15
16. Episode 16
17. Episode 17
18. Episode 18
19. Episode 19
20. Episode 20
21. Episode 21
22. Episode 22
23. Episode 23
24. Episode 24
25. Spanish Executions/Portuguese Democracy
26. Episode 26
27. Episode 27
28. Episode 28
29. Episode 29
30. Episode 30
31. Episode 31
32. Episode 32
33. Episode 33
34. Episode 34
35. Episode 35
36. Government & Unions-Rising Unemployment
1976
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1. Episode 1
2. Episode 2
3. Episode 3
4. Episode 4
5. Episode 5
6. Episode 6
7. Episode 7
8. Episode 8
9. Episode 9
10. Episode 10
11. Episode 11
12. Episode 12
13. Episode 13
14. Episode 14
15. Episode 15
16. Episode 16
17. Episode 17
18. Episode 18
19. Episode 19
20. Episode 20
21. Episode 21
22. Healey on the Economy
23. Episode 23
24. The Government Cuts
25. Education System
1977
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1978
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1979
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1. Thatcher's Platform
2. Callaghan's Government
3. Episode 3
4. Episode 4
5. Episode 5
6. Episode 6
7. Episode 7
8. Episode 8
9. Episode 9
10. Episode 10
11. Episode 11
12. Episode 12
13. Episode 13
14. Episode 14
15. Episode 15
16. Episode 16
17. Episode 17
18. Episode 18
19. Episode 19
20. Episode 20
21. Episode 21
22. Episode 22
23. The Thatcher Experiment - Moment of Truth
24. The Thatcher Experiment - Analysis
25. Episode 25
26. Episode 26
27. Episode 27
1980
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1. The Thatcher Interview - Britain in the Eighties
2. Episode 2
3. Episode 3
4. Episode 4
5. Episode 5
6. Episode 6
7. Episode 7
8. Episode 8
9. Episode 9
10. Episode 10
11. Episode 11
12. The Police and the Public
13. Labour's Alternative
14. Israel and the Arabs - Carter Tries Again
15. Carter's Deadline - Europe Decides
16. Carter and Iran - The Brink of War
17. Import Controls - Thatcher's U-Turn?
18. The Trade Unions and the Government
19. South Africa - Defying Doomsday
20. Coming Soon... President Reagan?
21. Europe's Last Word - Britain Decides
22. Britain's Bomb - Time to Decide
23. Poles Break Free - Communism in Crisis
24. The Thatcher Treatment - Killing the Patient?
25. The Labour Party - Tearing Itself Apart?
26. Limiting Nuclear War - A Dangerous Illusion?
27. The Thatcher Experiment - Phase Two
28. The Labour Leadership - Can Healey Be Stopped?
29. The Labour Leadership - Foot's Challenge
30. Challenge of Change - America Wavers
31. Thatcherism in Crisis - A Time to Retreat?
32. Unilateral Disarmament - Better Red Than Dead?
33. Thatcher's Other Island - Time to Think Again?
34. The Unemployed - Time Bomb for the Tories
35. British Steel - The Tories Toughest Test
36. Britain and Ireland - Dawn of a New Era?
1981
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1. British Leyland - Day of Decision
2. The Middle East - Britain Steps in
3. The Labour Right - Moment of Truth
4. Foot Loses - Labour Splits?
5. The Thatcher Interview - Jobs, Prices, Taxes
6. South Africa - At the Crossroads
7. Poland - The Last Chance
8. Thatcher's Somersault
9. Thatcher Meets Reagan - Patching Up the Alliance
10. Defending Britain - Time to Decide
11. After the Budget - Into the Storm
12. Soaring Rates - Heseltine's Headache
13. The Social Democrats - What Kind of Alternative?
14. Industry's Darkest Hour - What's Really Wrong?
15. Industry's Darkest Hour - What Can Be Done?
16. The Challenge of Change - France Wavers
17. The Labour Party - Beyond Repair?
18. Public Works - The Tories Secret Weapon?
19. The Hunger Strikers - Forcing a Rethink?
20. Reagan and the Russians - Risking War?
21. Tony Benn - In Sight of Victory?
22. Poland's Bid for Freedom - The Final Days?
23. Alliance of the Centre - The Road to Power?
24. The Election Issues
25. The Missile Rebellion - Weakening the West?
26. Leading the Labour Party
27. The Tory Rebellion - Howe Replies
28. The World's Poor - A Better Deal?
29. The Tory Wets - Moment of Truth
30. British Leyland - The Midnight Peace Plan
31. The Middle East - Dividing the Alliance?
32. Policing Britain - Time for a Rethink?
33. Paisley's Challenge - Unleashing Chaos?
34. The Social Democrats - What Kind of Party?
35. The Young Unemployed - Doomed to Despair?
36. Episode 36
1982
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1. Poland's Agony - What Should We Do?
2. The Tories Darkest Hour - What Can They Do?
3. After Poland - A New Cold War?
4. Tebbit Tackles the Unions - Confrontation on the Way?
5. Deadlock on the Railways - Shut Down on the Way?
6. Rape and the Law
7. Japan's Threat to Jobs - Britain Fights Back
8. Britain's Bomb - Moment of Truth
9. The Labour Party - Back on the Brink
10. Sir Geoffrey's Budget - Basis for Recovery?
11. Elections in El Salvador - Decision Time in Washington
12. After Hillhead - Tomorrow's Politics
13. Regaining the Falklands - On Course for War?
14. Regaining the Falklands - The Brink of War
15. Regaining the Falklands - Last Chance for Peace?
16. Nearer to Peace - Or Closer to War?
17. Battle for the Falklands - Setting Off a War?
18. Invading the Falklands - Moment of Decision
19. Peace Talks in New York - Decision Time in Downing Street
20. Battle for the Falklands - The Hours of Danger
21. War on the Falklands - A Fight to the Finish?
22. The Future of the Falklands - America States Its Terms
23. The Future of the Falklands - An End to Consensus?
24. Massacre in Beirut - Death Blow to Peace?
25. After the Conference - On the Road to Power?
26. Lebanon's Agony - The West Steps in
27. The Thatcher Approach - An Election Winner?
28. The Divided West - A New Beginning?
29. Prior's Irish Initiative - Deepening the Divide?
30. Banks on the Brink - Rescue or Ruin?
31. Responding to Poland - The Allies Divided
32. After Brezhnev - Andropov's Russia
33. The Labour Party - Back in Turmoil?
34. Crisis at GATT - Britain's Dilemma
35. Cable Television - Marvel or Menace?
36. After Ballykelly - A Time for Decision
37. The Spies Scandal - What Should We Do?
1983
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1. The Resolute Approach - An Election Winner?
2. The Prime Minister - The Resolute Approach
3. Devaluing the Pound - A Dangerous Remedy?
4. The Water Strike - Compromise or Chaos?
5. The Missile Debate - America Puts Its Case
6. The Missile Debate - Heseltine Replies
7. The Missile Debate - The Case Against Cruise
8. After Bermondsey - Will Foot Survive?
9. The Middle East - New Hope for Peace?
10. After the Miners' Ballot - What Future for the Unions?
11. Beyond the Budget - A Last Recovery?
12. Defeat at Darlington - Dividing the Alliance?
13. The Missiles Deadlock - What Hope for a Deal?
14. Power to the Police - A Threat to Liberty?
15. The Alliance and the Election - Can Steel Save the Day?
16. The World Economy - On the Road to Recovery?
17. The Chequers Decision - An Election in June?
18. The General Election - Can the Tories Lose?
19. The Alliance and the Election - Jenkins Sets His Sights
20. Labour Facing Defeat - Can Foot Turn the Tide?
21. A Thatcher Victory - What Kind of Britain?
22. Labour Humiliated - Can It Recover?
23. The Liberals and the Alliance - Steel Takes the Strain
24. War in Lebanon - Dividing the West?
25. Labour's New Leader - Can He Save the Party?
26. Public Spending - How Deep the Cuts?
27. The Fall of Parkinson - The Testing of Thatcher
28. The Health Service - Its Future Assured?
29. The Grenada Invasion - Straining the Ties?
30. Northern Ireland - The Way Forward?
31. The Middle East - Close to the Brink
32. Lawson's Recovery Plan - Fading from View?
33. The Newspaper Dispute - Cue for Confrontation?
34. Europe's Future - The Crisis Summit
35. Conflict Over Cruise - The Challenge to Heseltine
36. Capping the Rates - Jenkin Joins Battle
1984
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1. Privatising State Industries - Against the Public Interest?
2. The Prime Minister - The Second Term
3. Labour Under Kinnock - Charting the Way Back
4. The Trade Unions - Facing the Future
5. Standards in Schools - Joseph's Plan for Action
6. Andropov's Heirs - Facing the Future
7. The Future of the Falklands - A Settlement in Sight?
8. Acid Rain - The Quiet Killer
9. After GCHQ - The Tories Count the Cost
10. The Miners - Solidarity or Surrender?
11. Britain and Europe - Showdown or Settlement?
12. El Salvador's Election - Washington's Crisis
13. The Miners' Strike - Confrontation or Collapse?
14. The NATO Alliance - Still Europe's Best Hope?
15. The End of the Battle... the Start of the War?
16. The Miners' Strike - A Threat to Labour
17. The Irish Forum - A Step Towards Peace?
18. Handing Over Hong Kong - The Dangers for Britain
19. The Gulf War - Reaching a Flashpoint?
20. South Africa - In from the Cold?
21. Third World Debt - Trigger for a Crash?
22. Social Security - Meeting the Need?
23. Special: Can Thatcher Beat the Strikers?
24. The Miners' Strike - A Battle for Britain
25. The Belgrano Affair - Salvaging the Truth
26. Labour Defence Policy - Too Brittle a Shield?
27. Unemployment in Britain - What Can Be Done?
28. Unemployment in Britain - What Will Be Done?
29. The Miners' Strike - Settlement in Sight?
30. India After Indira - Facing the Future
31. Reagan and the Russians - The Next Four Years
32. The Miners' Strike - A Fight to the Finish
33. The Abolition Bill - Streamlining the Cities
34. Tories in Revolt - The Challenge to Thatcher
35. The Trade Unions - Clashing with the Courts
36. Gorbachev's Visit - Breaking the Ice?
1985
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1. The Government in 1985 - Facing Backbench Revolt
2. The Case of Baby Cotton - Creation Out of Control?
3. Neil Kinnock - The Task for Labour
4. The Miners' Strike - How Close is Peace?
5. Gibraltar - Staying British?
6. The Miners' Strike - Peace in the Pits?
7. The Soaring Dollar - Threatening Britain?
8. The AIDS Scare - Fact and Fiction
9. The Arms Talks - What Chances of Success?
10. The Teachers' Dispute - Crisis in the Classroom?
11. A Budget... for Jobs
12. What Future for Broadcasting?
13. Starving Africa - What Can Be Done?
14. Lebanon's Tragedy - The Final Act?
15. The Labour Party - Ready for Take-Off?
16. The Bonn Summit - The Dangers of Deadlock
17. Thatcher's Rates Pledge - Who'll Gain and Who'll Lose?
18. The SDP/Liberal Alliance
19. South Africa - Change or Conflict?
20. England's Shame - What Is to Be Done?
21. South Africa and the West - Time for Action?
22. New Mood
23. South Africa
24. AIDS
25. Episode 25
26. Urban Riots
27. Episode 27
28. Episode 28
29. Episode 29
30. Episode 30
31. The Thatcher Interview - The Position So Far
32. Episode 32
33. Episode 33
34. Northern Ireland and the Anglo-Irish Agreement
35. Episode 35
36. Episode 36
1986
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1. Michael Heseltine
2. Leon Brittan and Westland
3. Douglas Hurd
4. Episode 4
5. Episode 5
6. Episode 6
7. Oil
8. Episode 8
9. THORP - Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant
10. Episode 10
11. Sale of Leyland
12. Episode 12
13. Episode 13
14. Episode 14
15. Episode 15
16. Episode 16
17. Episode 17
18. Episode 18
19. Episode 19
20. Episode 20
21. Episode 21
22. The SDP and the Liberals - An Alliance Divide?
23. Trade War Ahead?
24. Nuclear Energy - The Critical Decision
25. The Tory Party - A New Vision?
26. Rendezvous in Reykjavík - Coming in from the Cold?
27. Labour's Defence Policy - Heading Out of NATO?
28. AIDS - Incurable, Unstoppable?
29. Austin Rover - The End of the Line?
30. Post Reykjavík
31. Baker and the Teachers - Battle in the Schools
32. Iran and the West - Deals or Hostility?
33. The Iran Scandal - A President Diminished?
34. Baker and the Schools - Big Changes Ahead?
35. Corrupt City Deals - What's to Be Done?
36. The AIDS Campaign... and the AIDS Generation
1987
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1. The Next General Election - Can the Tories Be Beaten?
2. Reagan's Deficit - Trade War Ahead?
3. Stalker/Sampson Inquiries Into the RUC
4. The SDP/Liberal Alliance - What Chances for Take-Off?
5. Labour's Jobs Plan - A Credible Alternative?
6. The Future of the Land - Greenery or Concrete?
7. Tactical Voting - An Electoral Revolution?
8. After Greenwich - The Alliance Challenge
9. Zeebrugge Ferry Disaster
10. Tax Cuts for the Rich - Good or Bad for Britain?
11. Private Renting - Ripe for Development?
12. Gorbachev's Russia - A New Dawn?
13. Labour's Election Offensive - Kinnock Opens His Campaign
14. The SDP/Liberal Alliance - A Hung Parliament Manifesto?
15. European Defence - A New Era?
16. The Threat to the Atmosphere - Time to Act Now?
17. Volatile Voters - The Decisive Factor?
18. The General Election - Can Thatcher Be Stopped?
19. Fighting Unemployment - Whose Way Forward?
20. Defending Britain - The Nuclear Issue
21. Health, Housing and Schools - Whose Way Forward?
22. The Conservative Triumph - Going on and on and on?
23. The Arms Agreement - Will Europe Be a Safer Place?
24. Monarchy and Government - Are They Poles Apart?
25. Inner Cities - Promises, Promises
26. The Poll Tax - Fair and Workable?
27. Late Abortion - Time to Call a Halt?
28. The Crash of '87 - Recession on the Way?
29. The Crash of '87 - The Impact on Britain
30. Lawson and the Crash - A Slump on the Way?
31. Nicaragua's Dirty War - Is Peace Breaking Out?
32. David Owen - Phoenix from the Ashes
33. Pass or Fail?
34. The Washington Summit - End of the Superpowers?
35. The Underclass - A World Apart
36. Rethinking the NHS - End of a Free Service?
1988
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1. The Secretative State - Time to Curb Its Power?
2. Alliance in Crisis - Can It Be Saved?
3. Homosexuality - Back to the Straight and Narrow?
4. Human Embryos - A Right to Life?
5. Uprising in Palestine - Anger in Ireland
6. Privatising Electricity - The End of Nuclear Power?
7. Third Term Thatcherism - A Permanent Revolution?
8. The Future of ITV - Never Mind the Quality?
9. Britain's New Party - Can It Replace Labour?
10. The Tax Cut Budget - How Far Should Lawson Go?
11. Families in Poverty - Ripping Up the Safety Net
12. After Reagan - A Democrat in the White House?
13. Neil Kinnock's Leadership - A New Vision for Labour?
14. Government and Unions - Where Next?
15. Eastern Europe's Perestroika - Will It End in Tears?
16. The Tories in Scotland - Thatcherism in a Cold Climate?
17. The Speaker of the House - Protector of Parliament?
18. Ulster's Long War - A Window for Peace?
19. Britain Into the Nineties - Richer, Rougher and Tougher?
20. Gorbachev's Next Battle - Taking on the System
21. Reaganism in Retreat - What Chance for Bush?
22. Thatcher's Britain - The Unfinished Revolution