In the week of the European elections, six members of the public travel to Europe on our behalf to find out what makes it tick.
At home in Manchester, they realise that they have little idea of who is representing them on the other side of the Channel, let alone what they do. In the four evenings prior to voting on Thursday, they will visit
Brussels, Strasbourg and other European centres, accompanied by reporter Kirsty Lang , to discover what lies behind the language of ecus, food mountains and subsidiarity.
Among those dispensing advice in this first programme, The House That Jacques Built, are Euro-enthusiast
Sir Edward Heath , who as Prime Minister guided Britain into Europe, and Euro-sceptic MP Teddy Taylor. But all they can get from commission president Jacques Delors is a polite smile. DirectorCharles Miller
Editor Anne Tyerman