40 Minutes
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40 Minutes

5.5 / 10
1981
14 seasons
322 episodes
Documentary

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.

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  • Ep 1

    1.Rough Justice

    01-10-198140m

    Portrait of a fractious Welsh village near Merthyr Tydfil.

  • Ep 2

    2.Sister Genevieve

    08-10-198140m

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

  • Ep 3

    3.Hijack

    15-10-198140m

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

  • Ep 4

    4.Give Us the Vote

    22-10-198140m

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

  • Ep 5

    5.Lol: A Bona Queen of Fabularity

    29-10-198140m

    Life style of Quentin Crisp-esque 'Queen'.

  • Ep 6

    6.Marathon Man

    05-11-198140m

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

  • Ep 7

    7.Rocky Circus

    12-11-198140m

    Gary Glitter stars in Gerry Cottle's Circus.

  • Ep 8

    8.Gorilla G Gorilla

    19-11-198140m

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

  • Ep 9

    9.The Harrisons Don't Go to School

    26-11-198140m

    Hereford family educating children at home.

  • Ep 10

    10.Alison

    03-12-198140m

    Spastic girl's struggle to live a normal life.

  • Ep 11

    11.Sex, Drugs and the Vicar

    10-12-1981

    Backstage at the News of the World.

  • Ep 12

    12.Children's Parties

    17-12-198140m

    An anthology of various children's parties.

  • Ep 13

    13.The Great Cover-up

    14-01-198240m

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

  • Ep 14

    14.Brighton or Bust

    21-01-198240m

    The London to Brighton vintage car rally.

  • Ep 15

    15.The Last Resort

    28-01-198240m

    Glenthorne high security prison for youngsters.

  • Ep 16

    16.The George Formby Story

    04-02-198240m

    Biopic of renowned comedian and ukulelist.

  • Ep 17

    17.Burgled

    11-02-198240m

    Burglary - Britain's fastest growing industry.

  • Ep 18

    18.Bomber and Brendan

    18-02-198240m

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

  • Ep 19

    19.Mutiny

    25-02-198240m

    1943 Mutiny of British soldiers in Salerno.

  • Ep 20

    20.Saved in the Nick of Time

    04-03-198240m

    Artefacts saved from demolished buildings.

  • Ep 21

    21.Birth Reborn

    11-03-198240m

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

  • Ep 22

    22.Hunt Saboteurs

    18-03-198240m

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

  • Ep 23

    23.Heart Transplant

    25-03-198240m

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

  • Ep 24

    24.Heart Transplant: 2 - A Fight for Life

    01-04-198240m
  • Ep 25

    25.Heart Transplant: 3

    08-04-198240m
  • Ep 26

    26.Heart Transplant: 4 - Bruce Anderson, New Heart

    15-04-198240m
  • Ep 27

    27.Heart Transplant: 5 - Recovery

    22-04-198240m
  • Ep 28

    28.Heart Transplant: 6 - A Matter of Life and Death

    29-04-198240m
  • Ep 29

    29.Heart Transplant: 7

    06-05-198240m

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