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    News & Sport TV Shows - 1970s TV Shows - 1980s 1 Min Read

    Weekend World

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    News and current affairs hit Sunday lunchtimes in 1972 as Peter Jay (Economics Editor for The Times) began presenting London Weekend’s Weekend World, a mix of interviews with politicians and analyses of social and economic trends.

    Originally modelled on the US programme 60 Minutes featuring several stories each week, the show gradually developed into a Sunday politics programme that featured a forensic interview with a major political figure.

    Brian Walden (pictured above) took over in 1977 and, being a former Labour MP, added an authority to the proceedings – even if he couldn’t sound his r’s.

    In 1986, Matthew Parris, another former MP (this time a Conservative), took over for the programmes last two years.

    The theme music used throughout the series was from Nantucket Sleighride, written and recorded by the prog-rock group Mountain.

    Presenters
    Peter Jay
    Brian Walden
    Matthew Parris

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