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.
Showing Season 2 of 14
Season 2
1982
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01. Roedean
1982-10-07
The leading girls' public school.
02. Skinheads
1982-10-14
Four 'skins' in 1982 London; their lifestyle and the skinhead culture.
03. Rabbits Don't Cry
1982-10-21
Looks at the increasing militancy of activists protesting at experiments on animals.
04. An Emotional Matter
1982-10-28
The senior education officer in Durham County and his difficult decisions to close certain schools.
05. Lost in a Crowd
1982-11-04
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.
06. The Cruelty Man
1982-11-11
A typical week for Howard Wolfenden, one of 250 NSPCC inspectors who investigate child cruelty cases.
07. Miners
1982-11-25
Looks at the lives and beliefs of miners in a small Yorkshire mining community.
08. Mr. Moonlight
1982-12-02
The life and career of Frankie Vaughan, the entertainer.
09. The Lads' Night Out
1982-12-09
The charity dinner for the Stable Lads Welfare Trust.
10. How Do I Look?
1982-12-16
Extreme slimming remedies including wiring jaws together and surgery.
11. Mister Perks
1983-01-13
Bernard Perks, who has spent 15 of his 20 adult years in prison, is about to be released and his problem in combating alcoholism.
12. Package Tour
1983-01-20
Holiday makers on a flight from Manchester to Spain, their impression of their holidays in Benidorm and their return to Manchester.
13. Something to Do with Video
1983-01-27
The domestic and commercial uses of video including surveillance.
14. The Rovers
1983-02-03
Tranmere Rovers FC, fighting for survival in their centenary season
15. Honour Thy Father and Thy Mother
1983-02-10
Children who have to look after their elderly parents.
16. Freshers
1983-02-17
New arrivals at Liverpool University coping with their first time away from home, especially the problems of a blind student, Gillian Wake.
17. English Lesson
1983-02-24
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.
18. Female Circumcision
1983-03-03
Female circumcision in the Sudan and the evidence that it is practiced in the western world.
19. A Minor Incident at the Berlaymont
1983-03-10
Fishermen from the North-East attempt to lobby the EEC on the issue of fishing rights.
20. A Gentle Way with Cancer: Part 1
1983-03-17
The first of 6 films on the work of the Bristol Cancer Help Centre.
21. A Gentle Way with Cancer: Part 2
1983-03-24
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22. A Gentle Way with Cancer: Part 3
1983-03-31
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23. A Gentle Way with Cancer: Part 4
1983-04-07
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24. A Gentle Way with Cancer: Part 5
1983-04-14
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25. A Gentle Way with Cancer: Part 6
1983-04-21
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