Weekend World
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 9
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The Thatcher Interview - Britain in the Eighties
Jan 6, 1980 -
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Episode 2
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Episode 3
Jan 20, 1980 -
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Episode 4
Jan 27, 1980 -
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Episode 5
Feb 3, 1980 -
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Episode 6
Feb 10, 1980 -
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Episode 7
Feb 17, 1980 -
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Episode 8
Feb 24, 1980 -
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Episode 9
Mar 2, 1980 -
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Episode 10
Mar 9, 1980 -
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Episode 11
Mar 16, 1980 -
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The Police and the Public
Mar 23, 1980 -
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Labour's Alternative
Mar 30, 1980 -
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Israel and the Arabs - Carter Tries Again
Apr 13, 1980 -
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Carter's Deadline - Europe Decides
Apr 20, 1980 -
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Carter and Iran - The Brink of War
Apr 27, 1980 -
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Import Controls - Thatcher's U-Turn?
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The Trade Unions and the Government
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South Africa - Defying Doomsday
May 18, 1980 -
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Coming Soon... President Reagan?
May 25, 1980 -
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Europe's Last Word - Britain Decides
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Britain's Bomb - Time to Decide
Jun 8, 1980 -
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Poles Break Free - Communism in Crisis
Sep 14, 1980 -
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The Thatcher Treatment - Killing the Patient?
Sep 21, 1980 -
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The Labour Party - Tearing Itself Apart?
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Limiting Nuclear War - A Dangerous Illusion?
Oct 5, 1980 -
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The Thatcher Experiment - Phase Two
Oct 12, 1980 -
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The Labour Leadership - Can Healey Be Stopped?
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The Labour Leadership - Foot's Challenge
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Challenge of Change - America Wavers
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Thatcherism in Crisis - A Time to Retreat?
Nov 9, 1980 -
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Unilateral Disarmament - Better Red Than Dead?
Nov 16, 1980 -
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Thatcher's Other Island - Time to Think Again?
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The Unemployed - Time Bomb for the Tories
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British Steel - The Tories Toughest Test
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Britain and Ireland - Dawn of a New Era?
Dec 14, 1980