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 3 of 14
Season 3
1983
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01. Mistress
1983-10-30
Interviews with three mistresses.
02. Bodyline
1983-11-08
The M.C.C. Cricket tour of Australia in 1931 and the controversial tactics of the M.C.C. Captain Douglas Jardine.
03. Something for the Ladies
1983-11-13
Mr Universe, Bachelor of the Year and others competitions for men.
04. House of Love
1983-11-20
The religious cult of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh.
05. Innocent Until Proved Guilty
1983-11-27
The remand system in the UK and the lives of untried prisoners.
06. Jail Within a Jail
1983-12-04
The maximum security unit at Maidstone Prison.
07. Who's a Pretty Girl, Then?
1983-12-11
Finding Miss Pears 1983.
08. Pranks
1983-12-18
Professional pranksters and singing telegrams.
09. 1984 Voices in a City
1984-01-05
Comparison between life in Orwell's novel and the reality of life in 1984.
10. Health Farm
1984-01-12
A week at a health farm.
11. Swiss Finishing School
1984-01-19
Three English girls at Institut Villa Pierrefeu in Switzerland.
12. Divorce: Unreasonable Behaviour
1984-01-26
The effect of a divorce on a couple and their children
13. Divorce: The Law... and After
1984-02-02
How parents' access to children of a broken marriage is determined.
14. The Mating Season
1984-02-09
The annual 'crack' at Lisdoonvarna in Ireland visited by a group of Chicagoan women in search of romance.
15. Skiffle
1984-02-16
The history of Skiffle and the development of 'home-made' music.
16. Pigeons: Queer Facts
1984-02-23
Attitudes to pigeons.
17. Educating Michael
1984-03-01
Working class children in assisted places at public schools.
18. Delmelza's Baby
1984-03-08
Attitudes in a small Cornish community to two lovers and their baby.
19. A Problem with Sex
1984-03-15
The work of the sex therapist.
20. The School on the Hill
1984-03-22
Lagan College in Belfast, a school planned for the integration of protestants and Roman Catholics.
21. Animal Antiques
1984-03-29
Rare breeds of farm animals.
22. Travelling Hopefully
1984-04-05
Professional political lobbyists.
23. Sun City
1984-04-12
The African Las Vegas.
24. Bertie and the Bomb
1984-04-19
Bertrand Russell and the founding of CND.
25. Oh Alien
1984-04-26
How the world would look to a being from another planet.
26. Boycott
1984-05-03
The career of cricketer Geoffrey Boycott.