Britain's relations with her most immediate neighbours have never been simple. Throughout history the pendulum has swung between enmity and alliance - trust and suspicion - envy and regard.

Now as closer co-operation becomes the order of the day in Europe and Britain negotiates for entry into the Common Market, the history between the two countries' 'love-hate relationship' takes on a new significance.

Can the French forget the humiliation of the Second World War? Are the British insular and unable to adjust to foreign habits? In this first ever simultaneous live transmission on British and French television Couve de Murville ex-Prime Minister of France in Paris; Roy Jenkins, MP Deputy Leader of the Labour Party and Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer in London meet face-to-face to debate the significance of the past and the prospects for the future between France and Britain.
Introduced by Michel Basse in Paris and Derek Hart in London
A BBC/ORTF co-production
(The Split-screen, cross-Channel, bilingual, live link-up: page 12)