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Weekend, From the BBC World Service Archive

A Europe-wide magazine programme examining issues of the day

World Service,97 episodes

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Rosamund Lehmann
Bloomsbury group member Rosamund Lehmann talks about her life and her novels
10 Oct 1982,13 mins
City car ban debate
A look at the proliferation of cars, historical re-enactment and overuse of the internet
03 Oct 1996,30 mins
Jews coming to live in Germany
Items on Jews in Germany and the influence of writer and philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre
12 Aug 1999,30 mins
Decline of the European Sunday
A look at holidays, Sunday shopping and toilet training for dog owners
21 Aug 1999,30 mins
Body piercing
Items on body piercing, access to University education and Food trade wars
28 Aug 1999,30 mins
Asylum seekers in Europe
Items on Asylum seekers in Europe and Ireland's Censorship of Publications Board
04 Sep 1999,30 mins
EU tax raising powers
Items on EU taxes, bullfighting and wheelchair access in Paris
11 Sep 1999,30 mins
Vaclav Havel - Czech presidential powers under attack
Items on presidential powers, school uniforms in Germany and rest homes for elderly gays
16 Sep 1999,30 mins
The German Green Party in crisis
Green Parties; Paying parents to stay at home with children; Bicycle hire schemes
25 Sep 1999,30 mins
Segregation in the classroom
Items on segregation in Swiss classrooms and life in a village for the elderly only
30 Sep 1999,30 mins
Opera subsidies
Opera subsidies; the culture of suing; curbing the paparazzi in France
09 Oct 1999,31 mins
Under-representation of ethnic minorities in French television
Items on Black representation on TV, overuse of the internet, Europe's pension timebomb
10 Oct 1999,29 mins
A new role for Javier Solana
European foreign policy; abortion in France; children who commit murder
23 Oct 1999,30 mins
Bringing the Stasi to justice
Includes items on the Stasi and dealing with domestic violence
13 Nov 1999,30 mins
Parents refusing medical treatment for their children
Refusing medical treatment for children; attitudes to vasectomy; child pornography
19 Nov 1999,29 mins
What should the role of city mayor be?
Debating the role and power of city mayors across Europe
25 Nov 1999,29 mins
Swedish newspapers challenge right-wing extremists
Swedish newspapers' robust response to right-wing extremist actions
04 Dec 1999,30 mins
The power of veto in the EU
Items include Eu vetos;Grandparenting; New Age consumerism
10 Dec 1999,29 mins
Who should have the right to vote in local European elections?
Europe and the right to vote - who can and who can't
18 Dec 1999,31 mins
Cologne Christmas Market
A look at the traditional Christmas Market in Cologne, Germany
21 Dec 1999,29 mins
The expansion of the European Union
Where are the true borders of Europe? - a studio panel debate
30 Dec 1999,29 mins
Austrian Coalition Government
A look at the new coalition government in Austria
05 Feb 2000,29 mins
Violence In European Schools
Violence in Europe's schools - a comparison of approaches to classroom order
10 Feb 2000,29 mins
Are free newspapers unfair competition?
Items on Free newspapers, state interference in TV broadcasting, and immigrant teenagers
18 Feb 2000,30 mins
A Europe wide comparison of unemployment benefits provision
UK scheme for withdrawing benefits from unemployed people who refuse offers of work
02 Mar 2000,30 mins
The war in Kosovo
Was it wrong to bomb Kosovo? A look back at the war in the Balkans
17 Mar 2000,29 mins
A matter of taste - favourite foods in Europe
Attitudes to healthy eating around Europe and cookery lessons from the Ritz in Paris
24 Mar 2000,30 mins
Expansion of the European Union
Looking at EU enlargement and the challenges faced by the countries gaining membership
01 Apr 2000,29 mins
Hungarian military service
Happening in the news across Europe, military service, fast driving and abandoned babies
08 Apr 2000,30 mins
Paying for higher education
Who should pay for higher education? A look at the French model and conditions elsewhere
14 Apr 2000,31 mins