40 Minutes(1981)

5.5
14 Seasons
Documentary

Overview

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.

Episodes

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Ep 1

Rough Justice

Portrait of a fractious Welsh village near Merthyr Tydfil.

01/10/198140 min
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Ep 2

Sister Genevieve

Portrait of a Comprehensive School in the heart of the Falls Road, Belfast.

08/10/198140 min
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Ep 3

Hijack

Story of a Hijack on Independence Day 1977 in New York.

15/10/198140 min
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Ep 4

Give Us the Vote

Test case for inmates of mental hospital to get the vote.

22/10/198140 min
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Ep 5

Lol: A Bona Queen of Fabularity

Life style of Quentin Crisp-esque 'Queen'.

29/10/198140 min
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Ep 6

Marathon Man

Attempt to beat record run from John o' Groats to Land's End.

05/11/198140 min
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Ep 7

Rocky Circus

Gary Glitter stars in Gerry Cottle's Circus.

12/11/198140 min
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Ep 8

Gorilla G Gorilla

Gorilla N'Pongo gives birth to Kumi in Jersey Zoo.

19/11/198140 min
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Ep 9

The Harrisons Don't Go to School

Hereford family educating children at home.

26/11/198140 min
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Ep 10

Alison

Spastic girl's struggle to live a normal life.

03/12/198140 min
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Ep 11

Sex, Drugs and the Vicar

Backstage at the News of the World.

10/12/1981
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Ep 12

Children's Parties

An anthology of various children's parties.

17/12/198140 min
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Ep 13

The Great Cover-up

The bald facts revealed: What men will do to counter hair loss.

14/01/198240 min
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Ep 14

Brighton or Bust

The London to Brighton vintage car rally.

21/01/198240 min
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Ep 15

The Last Resort

Glenthorne high security prison for youngsters.

28/01/198240 min
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Ep 16

The George Formby Story

Biopic of renowned comedian and ukulelist.

04/02/198240 min
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Ep 17

Burgled

Burglary - Britain's fastest growing industry.

11/02/198240 min
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Ep 18

Bomber and Brendan

Sheffield's Herol 'Bomber' Graham and Brendan Ingle his trainer in bid for boxing glory.

18/02/198240 min
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Ep 19

Mutiny

1943 Mutiny of British soldiers in Salerno.

25/02/198240 min
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Ep 20

Saved in the Nick of Time

Artefacts saved from demolished buildings.

04/03/198240 min
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Ep 21

Birth Reborn

Michel Odent and 'natural' childbirth at his clinic in Pithiviers France

11/03/198240 min
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Ep 22

Hunt Saboteurs

Cameras follow shock troops of anti-hunt demonstrators disrupting hunt.

18/03/198240 min
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Ep 23

Heart Transplant

Magdi Yacoub and his surgical team at work at Harefield Hospital.

25/03/198240 min
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Ep 24

Heart Transplant: 2 - A Fight for Life

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01/04/198240 min
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Ep 25

Heart Transplant: 3

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08/04/198240 min
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Ep 26

Heart Transplant: 4 - Bruce Anderson, New Heart

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15/04/198240 min
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Ep 27

Heart Transplant: 5 - Recovery

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22/04/198240 min
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Ep 28

Heart Transplant: 6 - A Matter of Life and Death

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29/04/198240 min
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Ep 29

Heart Transplant: 7

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06/05/198240 min

Show Info

StatusEnded
NetworkBBC Two
TypeDocumentary

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