Jessie Matthews
40 Minutes (1981)
Season 3
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
S3E2 - 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, midnight
S3E1 - Mistress
Interviews with three mistresses.
Oct. 30, 1983, midnight
S3E3 - Something for the Ladies
Mr Universe, Bachelor of the Year and others competitions for men.
Nov. 13, 1983, midnight
S3E4 - House of Love
The religious cult of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh.
Nov. 20, 1983, midnight
S3E5 - Innocent Until Proved Guilty
The remand system in the UK and the lives of untried prisoners.
Nov. 27, 1983, midnight
S3E6 - Jail Within a Jail
The maximum security unit at Maidstone Prison.
Dec. 4, 1983, midnight
S3E7 - Who's a Pretty Girl, Then?
Finding Miss Pears 1983.
Dec. 11, 1983, midnight
S3E8 - Pranks
Professional pranksters and singing telegrams.
Dec. 18, 1983, midnight
S3E9 - 1984 Voices in a City
Comparison between life in Orwell's novel and the reality of life in 1984.
Jan. 5, 1984, midnight
S3E10 - Health Farm
A week at a health farm.
Jan. 12, 1984, midnight
S3E11 - Swiss Finishing School
Three English girls at Institut Villa Pierrefeu in Switzerland.
Jan. 19, 1984, midnight
S3E12 - Divorce: Unreasonable Behaviour
The effect of a divorce on a couple and their children
Jan. 26, 1984, midnight
S3E13 - Divorce: The Law... and After
How parents' access to children of a broken marriage is determined.
Feb. 2, 1984, midnight
S3E14 - The Mating Season
The annual 'crack' at Lisdoonvarna in Ireland visited by a group of Chicagoan women in search of romance.
Feb. 9, 1984, midnight
S3E15 - Skiffle
The history of Skiffle and the development of 'home-made' music.
Feb. 16, 1984, midnight
S3E16 - Pigeons: Queer Facts
Attitudes to pigeons.
Feb. 23, 1984, midnight
S3E17 - Educating Michael
Working class children in assisted places at public schools.
March 1, 1984, midnight
S3E18 - Delmelza's Baby
Attitudes in a small Cornish community to two lovers and their baby.
March 8, 1984, midnight
S3E19 - A Problem with Sex
The work of the sex therapist.
March 15, 1984, midnight
S3E20 - The School on the Hill
Lagan College in Belfast, a school planned for the integration of protestants and Roman Catholics.
March 22, 1984, midnight
S3E21 - Animal Antiques
Rare breeds of farm animals.
March 29, 1984, midnight
S3E22 - Travelling Hopefully
Professional political lobbyists.
April 5, 1984, midnight
S3E23 - Sun City
The African Las Vegas.
April 12, 1984, midnight
S3E24 - Bertie and the Bomb
Bertrand Russell and the founding of CND.
April 19, 1984, midnight
S3E25 - Oh Alien
How the world would look to a being from another planet.
April 26, 1984, midnight
S3E26 - Boycott
The career of cricketer Geoffrey Boycott.
May 3, 1984, 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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