Week Ending of sketches written during Thatcher's tenure as Prime Minister, emerged in 1989 and was reissued on CD as "Week Ending with Maggie" in April 2009. Week Ending Week Ending was a satirical radio current affairs sketch show, first broadcast on BBC Radio 4, usually on Friday evenings. It ran from 1970 to 1998, and was devised by writer-producers Simon Brett and David Hatch, and was originally hosted by "Nationwide" presenter Michael Barratt. The show's title was always announced as "Week Ending..." followed by the broadcast date, although the ellipsis was dropped from its billed title in "Radio Times" during the
This Week (2003 TV programme) This Week (2003 TV programme) This Week is a British current affairs and politics TV programme, screened on Thursday evenings on BBC One. It is hosted by former "Sunday Times" editor Andrew Neil, with a panel of two commentators, one each from the right and left of the political spectrum. The show was introduced on 16 January 2003, along with "The Daily Politics", after a major review of BBC political programmes. It replaced the nightly "Despatch Box" (1998–2002), for which Andrew Neil had been the sole presenter in its later years, and which, in turn, had been a replacement for