World Service Version
During the 1980s and 1990s the BBC World Service broadcast a highlights programme once a month. This would cherry pick from Week Ending episodes transmitted during the previous four weeks, more usually items that could easily be understood by an international audience. This was broadcast by the World Service, usually on the last Friday of the month, under the title of "Two Cheers for ". For many years, there was also an annual highlights show, akin to Year Ending, called "Two Cheers for 1982" (etc.).
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