Jessie Matthews
40 Minutes (1981)
Season 2
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.
Released Sept. 30, 1981
Episode 40 min
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Genres: Documentary
Keywords: imdb.running-time-in-the-title, imdb.two-word-title
Network: BBC Two
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S2E1 - Roedean
The leading girls' public school.
Oct. 7, 1982, midnight
S2E2 - Skinheads
Four 'skins' in 1982 London; their lifestyle and the skinhead culture.
Oct. 14, 1982, midnight
S2E3 - Rabbits Don't Cry
Looks at the increasing militancy of activists protesting at experiments on animals.
Oct. 21, 1982, midnight
S2E4 - An Emotional Matter
The senior education officer in Durham County and his difficult decisions to close certain schools.
Oct. 28, 1982, midnight
S2E5 - 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, midnight
S2E6 - The Cruelty Man
A typical week for Howard Wolfenden, one of 250 NSPCC inspectors who investigate child cruelty cases.
Nov. 11, 1982, midnight
S2E7 - Miners
Looks at the lives and beliefs of miners in a small Yorkshire mining community.
Nov. 25, 1982, midnight
S2E8 - Mr. Moonlight
The life and career of Frankie Vaughan, the entertainer.
Dec. 2, 1982, midnight
S2E9 - The Lads' Night Out
The charity dinner for the Stable Lads Welfare Trust.
Dec. 9, 1982, midnight
S2E10 - How Do I Look?
Extreme slimming remedies including wiring jaws together and surgery.
Dec. 16, 1982, midnight
S2E11 - 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, midnight
S2E12 - 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, midnight
S2E13 - Something to Do with Video
The domestic and commercial uses of video including surveillance.
Jan. 27, 1983, midnight
S2E14 - The Rovers
Tranmere Rovers FC, fighting for survival in their centenary season
Feb. 3, 1983, midnight
S2E15 - Honour Thy Father and Thy Mother
Children who have to look after their elderly parents.
Feb. 10, 1983, midnight
S2E16 - 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, midnight
S2E17 - 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, midnight
S2E18 - Female Circumcision
Female circumcision in the Sudan and the evidence that it is practiced in the western world.
March 3, 1983, midnight
S2E19 - A Minor Incident at the Berlaymont
Fishermen from the North-East attempt to lobby the EEC on the issue of fishing rights.
March 10, 1983, midnight
S2E20 - A Gentle Way with Cancer: Part 1
The first of 6 films on the work of the Bristol Cancer Help Centre.
March 17, 1983, midnight
S2E21 - A Gentle Way with Cancer: Part 2
March 24, 1983, midnight
S2E22 - A Gentle Way with Cancer: Part 3
March 31, 1983, midnight
S2E23 - A Gentle Way with Cancer: Part 4
April 7, 1983, midnight
S2E24 - A Gentle Way with Cancer: Part 5
April 14, 1983, midnight
S2E25 - A Gentle Way with Cancer: Part 6
April 21, 1983, midnight
Network: BBC Two
Episode Runtime: 40 min.
Season Runtime: 40 min.
Released: Sept. 30, 1981
Last Air Date: April 19, 1994, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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