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 3
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E1
Mistress
Interviews with three mistresses.
Oct 30, 1983 -
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E2
Bodyline
The M.C.C. Cricket tour of Australia in 1931 and the controversial tactics of the M.C.C. Captain Douglas Jardine.
Nov 8, 1983 -
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E3
Something for the Ladies
Mr Universe, Bachelor of the Year and others competitions for men.
Nov 13, 1983 -
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E4
House of Love
The religious cult of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh.
Nov 20, 1983 -
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E5
Innocent Until Proved Guilty
The remand system in the UK and the lives of untried prisoners.
Nov 27, 1983 -
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E6
Jail Within a Jail
The maximum security unit at Maidstone Prison.
Dec 4, 1983 -
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E7
Who's a Pretty Girl, Then?
Finding Miss Pears 1983.
Dec 11, 1983 -
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E8
Pranks
Professional pranksters and singing telegrams.
Dec 18, 1983 -
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E9
1984 Voices in a City
Comparison between life in Orwell's novel and the reality of life in 1984.
Jan 5, 1984 -
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E10
Health Farm
A week at a health farm.
Jan 12, 1984 -
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E11
Swiss Finishing School
Three English girls at Institut Villa Pierrefeu in Switzerland.
Jan 19, 1984 -
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E12
Divorce: Unreasonable Behaviour
The effect of a divorce on a couple and their children
Jan 26, 1984 -
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E13
Divorce: The Law... and After
How parents' access to children of a broken marriage is determined.
Feb 2, 1984 -
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E14
The Mating Season
The annual 'crack' at Lisdoonvarna in Ireland visited by a group of Chicagoan women in search of romance.
Feb 9, 1984 -
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E15
Skiffle
The history of Skiffle and the development of 'home-made' music.
Feb 16, 1984 -
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E16
Pigeons: Queer Facts
Attitudes to pigeons.
Feb 23, 1984 -
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E17
Educating Michael
Working class children in assisted places at public schools.
Mar 1, 1984 -
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E18
Delmelza's Baby
Attitudes in a small Cornish community to two lovers and their baby.
Mar 8, 1984 -
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E19
A Problem with Sex
The work of the sex therapist.
Mar 15, 1984 -
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E20
The School on the Hill
Lagan College in Belfast, a school planned for the integration of protestants and Roman Catholics.
Mar 22, 1984 -
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E21
Animal Antiques
Rare breeds of farm animals.
Mar 29, 1984 -
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E22
Travelling Hopefully
Professional political lobbyists.
Apr 5, 1984 -
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E23
Sun City
The African Las Vegas.
Apr 12, 1984 -
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E24
Bertie and the Bomb
Bertrand Russell and the founding of CND.
Apr 19, 1984 -
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E25
Oh Alien
How the world would look to a being from another planet.
Apr 26, 1984 -
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E26
Boycott
The career of cricketer Geoffrey Boycott.
May 3, 1984