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| + | '''''Weekend World''''' was a British television political series, made by [[London Weekend Television]] (LWT) and broadcast from 1972 to 1988. | ||
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| + | ==''Weekend World'' journalism== | ||
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| − | <blockquote style="background-color:ivory;border:1pt solid Darkgoldenrod;padding:1%;font-size:10pt">''Weekend World'' always made it explicit that politicians, especially cabinet ministers, faced on most issues a range of difficult and constructed choices. It sought to make sense of the choices; its interviews were aimed at clarifying the view that the politician or public figure took of these choices. The presenters - [Peter] [[Peter Jay|Jay]], then the former MPs [[Brian Walden]] (Labour) and [[Matthew Parris]] (Conservative) - stressed that politicians had larger responsibilities than they did because politicians were elected, and had taken on a greater or lesser range of duties as part of the democratic and governing process | + | <blockquote style="background-color:ivory;border:1pt solid Darkgoldenrod;padding:1%;font-size:10pt">''Weekend World'' always made it explicit that politicians, especially cabinet ministers, faced on most issues a range of difficult and constructed choices. It sought to make sense of the choices; its interviews were aimed at clarifying the view that the politician or public figure took of these choices. The presenters - [Peter] [[Peter Jay|Jay]], then the former MPs [[Brian Walden]] (Labour) and [[Matthew Parris]] (Conservative) - stressed that politicians had larger responsibilities than they did because politicians were elected, and had taken on a greater or lesser range of duties as part of the democratic and governing process. <ref>John Lloyd, '[http://www.newstatesman.com/200211110037 The interview as humiliation. Jeremy Paxman is the champion of an insidious form of journalism. John Lloyd on why his dispute with John Birt is symptomatic of a wider crisis in our political culture]', ''New Statesman'', 11 November 2002</ref></blockquote> |
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| + | ==''Weekend World'' alumni== | ||
| + | [[David Aaronovitch]] | [[John Birt]] | [[Peter Jay]] | [[John Lloyd]] | [[Peter Mandelson]] | [[Matthew Parris]] | [[Brian Walden]] | [[Michael Wills]] | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
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Latest revision as of 16:06, 14 December 2009
Weekend World was a British television political series, made by London Weekend Television (LWT) and broadcast from 1972 to 1988.
Weekend World journalism
John Lloyd on Weekend World:
Weekend World always made it explicit that politicians, especially cabinet ministers, faced on most issues a range of difficult and constructed choices. It sought to make sense of the choices; its interviews were aimed at clarifying the view that the politician or public figure took of these choices. The presenters - [Peter] Jay, then the former MPs Brian Walden (Labour) and Matthew Parris (Conservative) - stressed that politicians had larger responsibilities than they did because politicians were elected, and had taken on a greater or lesser range of duties as part of the democratic and governing process. [1]
Weekend World alumni
David Aaronovitch | John Birt | Peter Jay | John Lloyd | Peter Mandelson | Matthew Parris | Brian Walden | Michael Wills
