Forty Minutes
40 Minutes was a BBC TV documentary strand broadcast on BBC Two between 1981 and 1994. The documentaries could be on any possible subject, the only connection being that they last forty minutes. Some documentaries in the original series were revisited and updated in a 2006 version, Forty Minutes On.
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Season 2
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E1
Roedean
The leading girls' public school.
Oct 7, 1982 -
2
E2
Skinheads
Four 'skins' in 1982 London; their lifestyle and the skinhead culture.
Oct 14, 1982 -
3
E3
Rabbits Don't Cry
Looks at the increasing militancy of activists protesting at experiments on animals.
Oct 21, 1982 -
4
E4
An Emotional Matter
The senior education officer in Durham County and his difficult decisions to close certain schools.
Oct 28, 1982 -
5
E5
Lost in a Crowd
Problems of loneliness. Five people who are trying to find their own ways to deal with overcome loneliness are in a compartment in a train. They tell their stories to us, but do not communicate with each other, despite their shared problem.
Nov 4, 1982 -
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E6
The Cruelty Man
A typical week for Howard Wolfenden, one of 250 NSPCC inspectors who investigate child cruelty cases.
Nov 11, 1982 -
7
E7
Miners
Looks at the lives and beliefs of miners in a small Yorkshire mining community.
Nov 25, 1982 -
8
E8
Mr. Moonlight
The life and career of Frankie Vaughan, the entertainer.
Dec 2, 1982 -
9
E9
The Lads' Night Out
The charity dinner for the Stable Lads Welfare Trust.
Dec 9, 1982 -
10
E10
How Do I Look?
Extreme slimming remedies including wiring jaws together and surgery.
Dec 16, 1982 -
11
E11
Mister Perks
Bernard Perks, who has spent 15 of his 20 adult years in prison, is about to be released and his problem in combating alcoholism.
Jan 13, 1983 -
12
E12
Package Tour
Holiday makers on a flight from Manchester to Spain, their impression of their holidays in Benidorm and their return to Manchester.
Jan 20, 1983 -
13
E13
Something to Do with Video
The domestic and commercial uses of video including surveillance.
Jan 27, 1983 -
14
E14
The Rovers
Tranmere Rovers FC, fighting for survival in their centenary season
Feb 3, 1983 -
15
E15
Honour Thy Father and Thy Mother
Children who have to look after their elderly parents.
Feb 10, 1983 -
16
E16
Freshers
New arrivals at Liverpool University coping with their first time away from home, especially the problems of a blind student, Gillian Wake.
Feb 17, 1983 -
17
E17
English Lesson
Nine Polish seamen who sought political asylum in the Falklands where they were caught up in the war and their later stateless existence in London.
Feb 24, 1983 -
18
E18
Female Circumcision
Female circumcision in the Sudan and the evidence that it is practiced in the western world.
Mar 3, 1983 -
19
E19
A Minor Incident at the Berlaymont
Fishermen from the North-East attempt to lobby the EEC on the issue of fishing rights.
Mar 10, 1983 -
20
E20
A Gentle Way with Cancer: Part 1
The first of 6 films on the work of the Bristol Cancer Help Centre.
Mar 17, 1983 -
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E21
A Gentle Way with Cancer: Part 2
Mar 24, 1983 -
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E22
A Gentle Way with Cancer: Part 3
Mar 31, 1983 -
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E23
A Gentle Way with Cancer: Part 4
Apr 7, 1983 -
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E24
A Gentle Way with Cancer: Part 5
Apr 14, 1983 -
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E25
A Gentle Way with Cancer: Part 6
Apr 21, 1983