Weekend World was a British television political series, made by London Weekend Television (LWT) 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. It featured a forensic interview with a major political figure each week. It was presented by Peter Jay, then Brian Walden and finally Matthew Parris. Walden in particular gained a reputation for 'grilling' his interviewees over an extended interview in a manner which has only occasionally been seen on British television since. The theme music used throughout the series run was the closing bars of Nantucket Sleighride by the prog rock group Mountain. British television news programmes